Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request - Categories for special characters

On 11/14/2013 10:55 AM, Regina Henschel wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> Steve Gruspier schrieb:
> > Hello:
> >
> > I was wondering if this was the place to request a feature. I was
> > thinking the "Special Character" section is very cluttered. My feature
> > request is a setting that would narrow down special characters to ones
> > that are used in specific fields such as "Engineering" or "Physics".
> > Something along those lines that could help people become more efficient
> > using Libreoffice. I am constantly using special characters such as the
> > ohms (uppercase omega) symbol for resistance, particularly when I use
> > Libreoffice to generate tests.
>
> I do not like the idea to remove characters or group them in another 
> way. The Unicode groups are well defined and easy to handle.
>
> But I would like the idea of a user defined, "favorite characters" 
> list or similar, or even more then one, each for a special topic.
>
> For your problem I think of this methods:
> * Write an Autotext or a document, which contains all your favorite 
> characters. Open it beside your actual text and use copy&paste to 
> insert the characters.
> * Use your OS to insert the character by typing the number; you need a 
> list of numbers beside your keyboard.
/snip/
The first suggestion is almost what you can do in WordPerfect. In WP, 
you can type ctrl-w and a package of 10 windows opens, each with about 
40 special
characters.  Then you can hi-lite one and paste it. You probably only 
need one "window" so the proposed solution looks very reasonable.
--doug

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