No need to do anything "special" to get "special" characters (like the euro
symbol) if you're using any Microsoft OS, from Windows XP up to Windows 7.
Just use the Windows "Character Map Utility" that came installed on your
computer when you bought it. Visit the MS website to find out how to use
this Character Map Utility. In actuality, it's easy as pie to use when you
wish to put practically any special character you need into a Writer
document. (Click on the "special character" of your choice & select it.
Then it's just a matter of "Copy & Paste.") Pin the installed MS CM
Utility to your Windows task bar, & just click it open whenever you need it
during preparation of a document. Plus you get that special character
correctly in the particular font you're using for your Writer text, unless
that font is something really exotic & obscure. My pinned CM Utility opens
in the "New Times Roman" font, which is the default font I generally use for
most all the text I type. (I'm still running Windows 7. I don't have my
Windows 10 installed yet, but I imagine the MS Character Map Utility works
just fine in that OS as well.)
How about "3 cheers & a Tiger" for good ol' Microsoft on this one!
Best wishes,
Anthony J. Rudgers
Orlando, FL
Posted: Leap Day, 2016; 11:41 pm
-----Original Message-----
From: Maurice Howe
Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 6:12 AM
To: Apache OpenOffice ; rosenfel...@ca.rr.com
Subject: Re: Euro Symbol...?
More about "usual" & "special" characters:
There are a lot of symbols available through using the ALT+ method, the
thing is that the codes you use depend on your system locale. The symbols
shown on this site have nothing to do with my locale. Perhaps the best way
to see what's available is to start the Character Map (Windows) application
(START > Programs > Accessories > Character Map) and see what's available.
Things become a little confused when you go above the 255th character; you
may need to experiment, but they are available by using ALT + nnnnn (i.e. a
five digit code). For instance, ALT + 12556 = ♀, ALT + 2556 = ³, ALT + 0255
= ÿ and so on.
If you Google "alt key codes", you'll find many other sources.
Maurice Howe
On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 6:53 PM, Martin Rosenfeld <rosenfel...@ca.rr.com>
wrote:
Thanks all who responded. I can now get the euro symbol in eCS (OS/2) as
Alt+213. I will try changing to International English KB and finding a way
to define a AltGR which does not work on my KB.
Martin
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