Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

2023-05-01 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
r easier to us. > I use CopyQ on Linux. Copy, and then pin it to the list. > > > > Mike > > > On 5/1/23 05:27, users+h...@global.libreoffice.org wrote: > > Subject: > > Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters > > From: > > Jonathan Allen &g

Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

2023-05-01 Thread Mike Flannigan
AutoHotKey might work for you, but I find it difficult. You might find a clipboard manager easier to us. I use CopyQ on Linux.  Copy, and then pin it to the list. Mike On 5/1/23 05:27, users+h...@global.libreoffice.org wrote: Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters From

Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

2023-05-01 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 30 Apr 2023 17:14:34 + "W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof." wrote: Hello Prof., > you click on Cancel to exit from the dialogue. Clicking cancel should, in my opinion, undo the insertions made and exit. OTOH, the only other option is insert, which enters the last character again. Neither

Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

2023-04-30 Thread Jonathan Allen
Johnny, > 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). Thank you - I will check that out. It sounds useful. Jonat

Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

2023-04-30 Thread Jonathan Allen
Dear Robert, > When you double-click, the character is inserted immediately and > you stay in the Special Characters dialogue, so you can then just > double-click the next character(s). Ah, I had missed that completely. Thank you. That does make it almost sane again. > When you're done, you cl

Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

2023-04-30 Thread Alec McAllister
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 Sent: 30 April 2023 18:02 To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters Den

Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

2023-04-30 Thread W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.
ng for me in LO 7.3.2.2. - Robert From: Jonathan Allen Sent: April 30, 2023 13:07 To: lo.harald.ber...@t-online.de Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters ... > Now I have to double click each character (and vowel-

Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

2023-04-30 Thread W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.
Jonathan - You can get almost the same behaviour as you were used to by double-clicking on each character. - Robert From: Jonathan Allen Sent: April 30, 2023 12:32 To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters Hi, I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

2023-04-30 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 30 Apr 2023 11:51:41 -0500 Michael H wrote: Hello Michael, >The lack of control on what gets changed seems to be the undoing of the >app. In fairness, it's not always down to the developers of the application one happens to be using. Sometimes, it can be as a result of changes in under

Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

2023-04-30 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Den sön 30 apr. 2023 kl 19:08 skrev Jonathan Allen < jonat...@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 > i

Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

2023-04-30 Thread Jonathan Allen
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) character

Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

2023-04-30 Thread LO . Harald . Berger
You are welcome here: https://www.libreoffice.org/community/get-involved/ Am 30.04.2023 um 18:51 schrieb Michael H: What determines whether a change like this is a good idea? I mean, I see over time lots of discussion about implemented changes that seem to have huge retrograde effects on the ab

Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

2023-04-30 Thread Michael H
What determines whether a change like this is a good idea? I mean, I see over time lots of discussion about implemented changes that seem to have huge retrograde effects on the ability to create, and only make sense in the terms of UI or ease of maintenance. (Or if you want to go a step further, o

Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

2023-04-30 Thread LO . Harald . Berger
Hi Jonathan, I think they changed it to make it easier. >Double-click on a special character will insert it into the document.< See also: https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-GB/text/shared/01/0410.html Kind regards Harald Am 30.04.2023 um 18:32 schrieb Jonathan Allen: Hi, I have just

[libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

2023-04-30 Thread Jonathan Allen
Hi, I have just taken an upgrde (with Linux Mint) from LO 5.something to 7.3.7.2. Lots of good things, but I'm really upset about the way Insert Special Characters has changed. I used to be able to enter a long string (one or more words) in Hebrew or Greek characters, with them being compiled in

Re: [libreoffice-users] insert special characters

2018-08-22 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2018/08/22 17:30, Brian Barker wrote: At 11:31 22/08/2018 +0900, you wrote: In the office I do: Alt+P -> open special character dialog -> select a character -> Enter Is that Alt+I, P? It is Alt+P. Since I do not recall having set this shortcut key, I believe it is the default setting.

[libreoffice-users] insert special characters

2018-08-21 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning At home I am using LibreOffice 6.0.5.2 (Windows 10) In my office I use a little older version (not sure about that version number). In the office I do: Alt+P -> open special character dialog -> select a character -> Enter When I repeat this operation a little later and want to use

[libreoffice-users] Insert > Special Characters

2017-01-25 Thread Mike Adams
Running LO Still on WS 2k12 in a thin client, multi user environment without Java. Upgraded to LO 5.1.6.2 and almost immediately noticed that Writer would shut down "LibreOffice - Fatal Error" if I attempted to open the Special Character dialogue from the menu. If i tried opening it from the toolb