> > if i remember correctly Atlantis has a toolbar item for inserting >symbols, > > how about if Abiword did the same? > > File an RFE, Grab a small screenshot of Atlantis put it on the web and > > add a link to the bug report. > >I'd love to see a screenshot of this. On the extras toolbar in Abi, >there is a button to insert a symbol.
I can only speak of my personal preferences and I realize I'm not the typical user. To me, word processing means typing and I will do just about anything to find a keyboard shortcut to mousing around. The mouse slows me down dramatically. I very rarely, if ever, use toolbars and their buttons. While a toolbar button is better than navigating a bunch of menu options, it still requires me to take my hands off the keyboard. For a lot of tasks, that's not a problem, but inserting a symbol should be as easy as inserting a letter. I use m-dashes a lot -- probably too much -- and it would be nice to quickly insert them as I type. With Atlantis, that is done with "Ctrl-Alt -" I understand that may not be possible with Abi due to its cross-platform nature. With Word's autocorrect, each time I type --, it gets replaced with an m-dash. Again, very quick, and similar to Abi's treatment of dumb and smart quotes. With Abi, inserting a symbol takes many more steps. And, then, when I do insert the symbol, I get an m-dash in the Symbol font, while my document is in Times New Roman. At some time, through any type of formatting change, the Symbol fonted m-dash gets changed to Times New Roman and turns into a 3/4 symbol. I'll be filing bugs and/or RFE's with suggestions. Until then, I have found a workaround that works for me. As I type, I just insert "--" for my m-dashes. This keeps my typing fairly fast. When I'm done, I use Windows' character map to find the Times New Roman m-dash symbol [alt-151]. I insert that symbol into Abi's search/replace dialog box and it replaces all of my --'s into m-dashes. Virgil _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
