I'd never done it before but I couldn't believe it wasn't possible, so
I just poked around and was able to bind ctrl-shift-o to the degree
symbol.
I used Tools > Macro > Record macro; recorded inserting the character;
saved the new macro; then did Tools > Customize > Keyboard, under
Category selected OpenOffice.org macros > User > Standard > Module1,
under Function selected my new macro, then selected a shortcut key and
clicked on Modify. Maybe not the most obvious mechanism, but
definitely possible.
On Thu, 16 Nov 2006, Jesse C wrote:
Just a quick suggestion for a feature:
Allow users to assign custom keys to specific characters. One of the only
places I really miss Microsoft Word is when I'm typing papers for the
sciences. I would really love to be able to assign ctrl-shift-o to the degree
symbol, ctrl-shift-a to alpha, etc. It's so annoying I've (unfortunately)
given up using open office writer for most of my academic writing (my old
copy of Word '95 allows me this functionality).
Thanks,
Jesse C.
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