How to program own shortcut for special characters

Excellent GercoKees. Worked like a charm. Now the only limitation is the number of available shortcut keys. There are quite a few, but it still is a weakness of OpenOffice compared to Word, where you can make up your own shortcut key. However, for the moment it works fine.

Excellent GercoKees. Worked like a charm. Now the only limitation is the number of available shortcut keys. There are quite a few, but it still is a weakness of OpenOffice compared to Word, where you can make up your own shortcut key. However, for the moment it works fine.
Thanks.

Susan Johnson
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Subject: Re: [Question #19405]: How to program own shortcut for special characters

Your question #19405 on openoffice.org in ubuntu changed:
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GercoKees proposed the following answer:
Hi,
There might be a simpler awnser, but this is the only solution i know
 of:
In short: create a macro and bind it to your key...

Create a macro:
tools > macro > record, and enter your special character. Press: "stop
 recording", and choose a name for the macro and save it in the user
 library ("My Macros").

Now assign the macro to a shortcutkey:
view > toolbar > customize > keyboard, and choose a shortcutkey. (Be
 sure the shortcut is not already in use by some other function)
then choose the catogory (OpenOffice.org macros) > user > and look for
 the macro you just created.
Then (do not forget) click "modify" and "ok" and all should work
 well...

let me know if you still have problems....
succes

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Hi (for the record?)
Working from a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.
I had to install a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in order to activate Macros in Office.org Word Processor.
Did through Add-Remove and installed the Oo Office Suite (having to do this puzzled me: I was already working with Open Office and that is why I was interested in shortcut key stroke for insert special caracters (?)).
This last install installed Open Office Writer.
Then I followed the above procedure and it worked.
Thank you.

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> Hi (for the record?)
> Working from a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.
> I had to install a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in order to activate Macros in Office.org Word Processor.
> Did through Add-Remove and installed the Oo Office Suite (having to do this puzzled me: I was already working with Open Office and that is why I was interested in shortcut key stroke for insert special caracters (?)).
> This last install installed Open Office Writer.
> Then I followed the above procedure and it worked.
> Thank you.
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Thanks! I had to do the same as Poet but now it works fine. Note to Susan: If some of the "taken" keys are unlikely to be used, you can reassign them - just select them and click "Modify" and they are re-assigned. I've assigned Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+9 to Spanish accentuated characters and punctuation, e.g. upside-down ?, and it works perfectly.

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