Re: [libreoffice-users] Symbols: alpha
Hello, On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:11:44 +0530 "H.S.Rai" wrote: > In OpenOffice, there was provision to insert symbols like: > > %aplha > > but I found this method is not working in LO Do you remember, in which component you did this? I know, that you can type those names within Math, (the equation editor) and the corresponding symbol will then appear. > > May I know how we can type such symbols, not by using icon / mouse, > rather by typing as such? You can insert a Math object in any other component like Writer, Calc, Impress... I don't know of a way to type %alpha and get then the greek letter within "plain" Writer. HTH Sigrid > > -- > H.S.Rai > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Symbols: alpha
2011/9/29 H.S.Rai : > In OpenOffice, there was provision to insert symbols like: > > %aplha > > but I found this method is not working in LO Could it be that you spelled it wrong, like you did above? Or why not just entering the Unicode for it (α=U+03B1)? You didn't mention your operating system and desktop environment, but Gnome users type Ctrl+Shift+u 03b1 Enter. You could also add it to your auto-correction table, but that is not as convenient in some situations. There are other methods as well, but that's probably not what this was all about… Kind regards Johnny Rosenberg ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ > > May I know how we can type such symbols, not by using icon / mouse, > rather by typing as such? > > -- > H.S.Rai > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Symbols: alpha
Hi You can select in Writer or Calc, menu: Insert-Symbol-Subset-Basic Greek and there you found alpha symbol and other like this. Regards, Jorge Rodríguez __ El jue, 29-09-2011 a las 20:21 +0200, Johnny Rosenberg escribió: > 2011/9/29 H.S.Rai : > > In OpenOffice, there was provision to insert symbols like: > > > > %aplha > > > > but I found this method is not working in LO > > Could it be that you spelled it wrong, like you did above? > > Or why not just entering the Unicode for it (α=U+03B1)? You didn't > mention your operating system and desktop environment, but Gnome users > type Ctrl+Shift+u 03b1 Enter. > You could also add it to your auto-correction table, but that is not > as convenient in some situations. > > There are other methods as well, but that's probably not what this was > all about… > > > Kind regards > > Johnny Rosenberg > ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ > > > > > May I know how we can type such symbols, not by using icon / mouse, > > rather by typing as such? > > > > -- > > H.S.Rai > > > > -- > > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > > Problems? > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > > deleted > > > > > -- Atentamente, Jorge Rodríguez -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Symbols: alpha
Thanks to all for their response. On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > 2011/9/29 H.S.Rai : >> In OpenOffice, there was provision to insert symbols like: >> >> %aplha >> >> but I found this method is not working in LO > > Could it be that you spelled it wrong, like you did above? My bad luck :-( It might be. Two days back I tried on LibreOffcie, but it failed, and need to shift to another PC for using it. But today, I worked. It must be spelling mistake :-( > Or why not just entering the Unicode for it (α=U+03B1)? Remembering unicode is not easy for me :-( > You didn't mention your operating system and desktop environment, Ubuntu / Gnome > but Gnome users type Ctrl+Shift+u 03b1 Enter. > You could also add it to your auto-correction table, but that is not > as convenient in some situations. Thanks for informing it. It was long equations and I always found to right equations like: E = m times c^2 %alpha = %pi over %delta times %gamma or to make use of dmath http://www.dmaths.org/ -- H.S.Rai -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Symbols: alpha
It sounds like what could be partly done with the Compose Special Character extension. Typing the Unicode character value to get the letter/glyph, where %alpha is a shortcut to that. http://libreoffice-na.us/English/add-ons-extensions/ComposeSpecialCharacters-2.0.10.oxt On 09/29/2011 08:50 PM, H.S.Rai wrote: Thanks to all for their response. On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2011/9/29 H.S.Rai: In OpenOffice, there was provision to insert symbols like: %aplha but I found this method is not working in LO Could it be that you spelled it wrong, like you did above? My bad luck :-( It might be. Two days back I tried on LibreOffcie, but it failed, and need to shift to another PC for using it. But today, I worked. It must be spelling mistake :-( Or why not just entering the Unicode for it (α=U+03B1)? Remembering unicode is not easy for me :-( You didn't mention your operating system and desktop environment, Ubuntu / Gnome but Gnome users type Ctrl+Shift+u 03b1 Enter. You could also add it to your auto-correction table, but that is not as convenient in some situations. Thanks for informing it. It was long equations and I always found to right equations like: E = m times c^2 %alpha = %pi over %delta times %gamma or to make use of dmath http://www.dmaths.org/ -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Symbols: alpha
Hi :) it has been an interesting thread. I'm sure quite a few people learned things they wouldn't have known otherwise. Also it's good to hear you solved the problem :) All good : Regards from Tom :) --- On Fri, 30/9/11, H.S.Rai wrote: From: H.S.Rai Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Symbols: alpha To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Friday, 30 September, 2011, 1:50 Thanks to all for their response. On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > 2011/9/29 H.S.Rai : >> In OpenOffice, there was provision to insert symbols like: >> >> %aplha >> >> but I found this method is not working in LO > > Could it be that you spelled it wrong, like you did above? My bad luck :-( It might be. Two days back I tried on LibreOffcie, but it failed, and need to shift to another PC for using it. But today, I worked. It must be spelling mistake :-( > Or why not just entering the Unicode for it (α=U+03B1)? Remembering unicode is not easy for me :-( > You didn't mention your operating system and desktop environment, Ubuntu / Gnome > but Gnome users type Ctrl+Shift+u 03b1 Enter. > You could also add it to your auto-correction table, but that is not > as convenient in some situations. Thanks for informing it. It was long equations and I always found to right equations like: E = m times c^2 %alpha = %pi over %delta times %gamma or to make use of dmath http://www.dmaths.org/ -- H.S.Rai -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Symbols: alpha
Sigrid Carrera wrote: > > You can insert a Math object in any other component like Writer, > Calc, Impress... > > I don't know of a way to type %alpha and get then the greek letter > within "plain" Writer. Just to add to what you've mentioned: To insert a Math object into Writer you can do the following: Insert > Object > Formula You can actually type the formula first, select what you've typed, and then insert a formula object (this "converts" the text to a formula). You can also assign a short-cut key to "Insert > Object > Formula" if you don't want to use the mouse every time. Just be careful, there are 2 "insert formula" commands in Writer. The other (assigned to F2) creates a Calc-style formula that actually calculates an equation, rather than displaying a formula. Another alternative is to type the letters "fn" (without the quotes) on a new line and press F3 (Run Autotext Entry). Regards Stephan -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
