Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Libre Writer - special characters

On 07.05.2017 20:01, Philip Jackson wrote:
> On 06/05/17 23:17, V Stuart Foote wrote:
> > Input the character via its Unicode value, and toggle.
> >
> > So, here enter "U+211e" and then use <l-Alt>+X to toggle.
> Thank you Stuart for the key to the toggle.  I've wondered how to enter
> unicode characters for a long time. And have tried all the ctrl-shift +U
> stuff suggested so often but with absolutely no success.
>
> Yours is the first time I've seen mention of <left-alt>+X and it works
> for me a treat.  I don't even have to enter the U+ part of the unicode.
> It works with just 211e <leftAlt>+X.

That's interesting. If I try every possible combination of this method
with Writer under Win 7, all I get is a lower case x. It this something
peculiar to Linux or OSX?

Dave
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