Re: [libreoffice-users] Special Character Hunting - Libre Writer

At 16:19 04/04/2018 -0400, Charles Meyer wrote:
> WordPerfect has reveal codes which display the numbers for a special 
> character so they're easy to find instead of scrolling down hundred 
> of symbols in a chart.

Surely this can happen only if you already have the character in your 
document? In that case it is a simple matter to copy it and paste it 
anywhere else you want it. If you need it often, you might consider 
typing a code for it and then using Find & Replace to substitute the 
required character. In any case, scrolling through the Special 
Characters chart can be inefficient, as the character you require may 
exist only in some fonts.

> Ex. [solid right-arrow symbol]

It is usually fairy easy to discover Unicode code numbers by a simple 
web search. Searching for "right triangle unicode" throws up amongst 
the first few results:
o Unicode Character 'BLACK RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE' (U+25B6)
o Unicode Character 'BLACK RIGHT-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE' (U+25B8)
o Geometric Shapes - HTML Unicode UTF-8
o Geometric Shapes - Wikipedia

Scrolling down to 25B6 in Special Characters is then a simple matter 
- and I can see at a glance that it is missing from the first font I try.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker  


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