Compose Special Characters

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Provider:
ProductivityApps
Maintainer:
chuckhenrich
Rating:
4.42857

Average: 4.4 (21 votes)

Application:
Calc, Writer
Tags:
special characters, extension, accented characters, extension, international, extension
Post date:
Monday, 21 April, 2008 - 18:07
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System Independent version - All releases
Compatible with OpenOffice 4: Unknown
User feedback:
Compatible with OpenOffice 4.x?

Compose Special Characters lets you type two or three characters and use a keyboard shortcut to convert them into a single accented or special character.

You can also compose unicode characters using the 4 character unicode value.

Writer and Calc are currently supported.

Instructions

After you install the extension you need to restart OpenOffice. After you restart OO you'll find Compose Special Characters on the Insert menu (Insert > Compose Characters...).

For more detailed instructions and support see http://www.productivityapps.com/csc.html.

IMPORTANT - PLEASE NOTE

If you have any problems using the extension and need help resolving them, please email [support]@productivityapps.com (remove the square brackets before emailing). I'm happy to help but it's more efficient to discuss technical issues by email.

Compose Special Characters

Version Operating system Compatibility Release date
2.0.10 System Independent 2.x, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 25/12/2010 - 17:34 More information Download

Comments

If you don't want to waste hours looking for special characters that you have to use night and day, then this extension is for you! A real top-notcher!