Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (929 mails)

["David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

  Here is a neat little trick that it took me a bit to find, so I'm passing 
it along. To insert special characters from the keyboard in OO/LO, without 
having to open the 'Insert Special Character' dialog, all you need to do is:

    Hold down Ctrl+Shift+U.

    Release "U" key (while still holding Ctrl+Shift

    Enter Unicode symbol's hex code (leading 0's not required)

    Release the Ctrl+Shift keys

  Try it!  To enter the section mark '§' do:

Ctrl+Shift < tap 'u' > a7 < release >

  The keycodes are listed in the Special Character dialog. For the few you 
usually use, remembering the code is a snap and not having to touch the mouse 
is a big time saver.

  Works in most other apps as well. You can also change the Ctrl+Shift+u 
sequence by redefining the 'Compose Key' designation in the xkb options. (I 
haven't messed with this, the Ctrl+Shift+u is easy enough...


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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
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