Inserting Special Characters

Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Writer Guide

Chapter 3: Working with Text

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• Introduction
• Selecting Text
  • Selecting Items that are not Consecutive
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• Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Text
• Finding and Replacing Text
  • Find and Replace Specific Formatting
  • Find and Replace Paragraph Styles
  • Use Wildcards (regular expressions)
• Inserting Special Characters
  • Inserting Non-breaking Spaces and Hyphens
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• Formatting Paragraphs
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  • Changing the Default Tab Stop Interval
• Formatting Characters
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• Creating Numbered or Bulleted Lists
  • Using the Bullets and Numbering toolbar
  • Example: Configuring a Nested List
• Using Footnotes and Endnotes
  • Inserting Footnotes/Endnotes
  • Defining the Format of Footnotes/Endnotes
• Checking Spelling and Grammar
• Using Built-in Language Tools
  • Using Paragraph and Character Styles
  • Using Tools > Language
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• Hyphenating Words
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• Using AutoCorrect
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• Using AutoText
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• Line Numbering
• Tracking Changes to a Document
  • Preparing a Document for Review
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  • Merging Modified Documents
  • Comparing Documents
• Adding Other Comments
• Linking to Another Part of a Document
  • Using Cross-References
  • Using Bookmarks
  • Using Hyperlinks
  • Inserting Hyperlinks Using the Navigator
  • Inserting Hyperlinks Using a Dialog Box
  • Editing Hyperlinks
• Switching Between Insert and Overwrite Mode
• Counting the Words in a Selection
• Changing the Case of Selected Text

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Inserting Special Characters

A “special” character is one not found on a standard keyboard. For example, © ¾ æ ç ñ ö ø ¢ are all special characters in English. To insert a special character:

1. Place the cursor in your document where you want the character to appear.
2. Click Insert > Special Character to open the Special Characters dialog box.
3. Select the characters (from any font or mixture of fonts) you wish to insert in order; then click OK. The selected characters are shown in the lower left of the dialog box. As you select each character, it is shown on the lower right, along with the numerical code for that character.

Figure 5: The Special Characters dialog box, where you can insert special characters

Notice that the characters selected appear in the bottom-left corner of the dialog box.

Different fonts include different special characters. If you do not find a particular special character you want, try changing the Font selection.