The hexidecimal unicodes can also be used in Windows with a registry edit: Add HKEY_Current_User/Control Panel/Input Method, set EnableHexNumpad to "1" If adding use New > String Value, Type = REG_SZ.
After the registry change Press & hold Alt; Press '+' on number pad; enter code; release Alt. Probably a web search would provide a better explanation. The main thing is that the same codes can be used on both platforms. On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Dave <nore...@tasit.net> wrote: > On 06.05.2017 17:38, charles meyer wrote: > > In MS Word the prescription symbol is 211E. > > > > In special characters I typed in 211E in the Decimal box but did not get > > the prescription symbol. > > > > Aren’t hexicodes standard so Libre Writer should match MS Word? > > > > Is there a quick way when you’re in a document you can type something > like > > hold down the Alt key and type in 211 on the numeric pad and get the > > prescription symbol? > > > > Not using a search engine (Google, Yahoo), is there a way in Libre Writer > > to type in the words “prescription symbol” and it will find the symbol? > > > > Or when you’re looking for an unusual symbol, you must Google it to > > ascertain it’s hexicode unicode, etc.? > > > > Otherwise, you’d had to scroll through every symbol chart to find it. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Charles. > > See the answer to your question here: > http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=87787 > > Basically, Writer (just like Word) uses the fonts installed on your > system. If the font you are using contains the required character, > Writer will display the 211E symbol in exactly the same way as Word. > > Regards > Dave > -- > Please address any reply to the mailing list only. Any messages sent to > this noreply@ address are automatically deleted from the server and will > never be read. > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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 > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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
