Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

This portable freeware does the job:

https://www.azhagi.com/     

(In case of link problems, that is  https:  followed by  www.azhagi.com  )


It enables you to type text in almost any language (or combination of languages) into almost any 
application. It's harmless and self-contained: it doesn't change any settings in the system or in 
any application. It only affects the keyboard, and only when you explicitly turn it on.

<https://www.azhagi.com/alec.php>

The software was originally created to handle languages of the Indian subcontinent, but some 
linguaholic übernerd added keyboard mappings for lots of other languages, here:

https://www.azhagi.com/alec.php

(In case of link problems, that is  https:  followed by  
www.azhagi.com<http://www.azhagi.com/>/alec.php  )


Without needing to click anything, you can type pretty much all the Latin-alphabet languages with a 
single keyboard layout. (Sic.)

The layout is designed to be easy to remember, so you won't need a crib sheet after the first 
couple of times.

For example, once you've learned how to add an acute accent to a letter, you can use the same 
key-presses to add an acute accent to any letter, in any language, that can take an acute accent, 
e.g.:   á É ń Ś ẃ Ĺ ź ǽ    etc.


Best wishes,

Alec

________________________________
From: Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum@gmail.com>
Sent: 30 April 2023 18:02
To: users@global.libreoffice.org <users@global.libreoffice.org>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

Den sön 30 apr. 2023 kl 19:08 skrev Jonathan Allen <
jonathan@barumtrading.co.uk>:

> Dear Harald,
>
> > I think they changed it to make it easier.
> > > Double-click on a special character will insert it into the document.<
>
> Yes, I read that.  But it doesn't make it easier - in fact it makes
> it much more difficult.  Before I could single click on anything
> between 1-10 (or more) characters in the character map, then click
> 'Insert' and the whole string was dropped neatly into my document.
> Now I have to double click each character (and vowel-point/accent)
> in turn, then re-enter Insert Special Character.  Not a clever choice.
>
> Jonathan
Another option would be to use something like AutoKey (on Linux) or
AutoHotKey (on Windows) to type those characters for you, or if you use
Linux you can just use the Compose key (a lot of information about that
online).
If you haven't heard of AutoKey or AutoHotKey, they make it possible to
create shortcuts to special characters and whole phrases. For instance you
could create a phrase with the ℃ character and insert it by typing degC or
something. I use both all the time (AutoKey at home and AutoHotKey at work,
since my job computer unfortunately only have Windows), and I find them
extremely useful for a lot of things.

The advantage of using Autokey or AutoHotKey is that you can insert your
special characters and phrases anywhere, not only in LibreOffice.



Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg


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