On 08/07/2016 02:51 PM, [email protected] 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/wincompose
<https://github.com/SamHocevar/wincompose>
And here is the site that leads to it:
https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/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
