Thanks for your reply Doug. I have tried this compose thing, got the icon in the system tray, found the symbols I want, but nothing happens when I use it in Open Office. I don't have a key marked AltRight so I assumed AltGr was the nearest (it is on the right). If I type AltRt #= I get just that, not the natural sign that I want. Any clues as to what I am missing?
Gillian On 7 August 2016 at 23:23, Doug <dmcgarr...@optonline.net> wrote: > > On 08/07/2016 02:51 PM, gmbg...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I am very frustrated in trying to find answers to questions about Open >> Office, it all sounds too technical. >> The main problem I have at present is trying to type in text the symbols >> found in music: I have a sharp symbol on my keyboard but none of the >> others, particularly needing the flat symbol. >> I have looked all over the character map as advised in your Help but it >> just isn’t there. The only way I can do it is to find an old document >> containing it and copy and paste. Surely this can’t be right? >> >> I am using an HP Pavilion x360 laptop with windows 10. Like many modern >> laptops it has no number pad or num lock key so I can’t access Alt codes. >> >> Please help. >> >> Gillian >> >> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >> >> >> Don't just b♯, b♭. These symbols were typed using a Compose key in > Linux. There is at least one program that will provide a compose key in > Windows. > > Here is the download site for WinCompose: https://github.com/S...evar/wi > ncompose <https://github.com/SamHocevar/wincompose> > > And here is the site that leads to it: https://autohotkey.com/board/t > opic/92511-wincompose-a-robust-compose-key-for-windows/ > > The sharp symbol is made by Compose ##. ♯ > The flat symbol is made by Compose # b ♭ > And a natural is made by Compose # f ♮ > > Note that the letters are case-sensitive! > > You can also make them by Unicode. I don't know how to do Unicode in > Windows, but the Unicodes for the symbols are > > sharp: 266F > > flat: 266D > > natural: 266E > > You can make lots of other things with Compose: all the diacritical marks > for European languages, currency symbols, fractions., some Greek letters. > > Go to: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GtkComposeTable > > Hope that helps! --doug > > > > > > > > > > > > >
