Of course, universal surrogate is Insert → Special Character but it involves leaving keyboard for mouse and clicking several times for every character. Under Linux, the workaround is to read the keyboard configuration in /usr/lib/kbd/keymaps (location may vary with distribution) ot to use an on-screen keyboard. The best I’ve ever seen ships with MacOS: it displays the keyboard on screen and updates when you press modifier keys. There are various OS utilities allowing you to discover what you can generate. It is not convenient to change keyboard layout through system software because you always look at the physical keyboard when you need an uncommon character (unless you affix small stickers on key side) even when you know where it is supposed to be with the alternate keyboard.
Their location is often OS-specific and may have various locations when variants are offered. When dead key is not a primary key (one with the diacritic marked on top), it is not always obvious to find them. keys which do not generate characters by themselves but add a diacritic on the next character. Since you’re asking specifically for French, I assume you aren’t a French user because, in this case, you would use “dead keys”, i.e. Make sure that NUM LOCK is on before you type the character code.įor example, to insert the euro currency symbol, hold down the ALT key and press 0128 on the numeric keypad.įor more info on using Unicode and ASCII characters, see Insert ASCII or Unicode character codes.That matter is not LibO -specific, it is rather an OS issue (which is yours?) The ANSI character for the specified ANSI (decimal) character codeĪLT+the character code (on the numeric keypad) The Unicode character for the specified Unicode (hexadecimal) character codeįor example, to insert the euro currency symbol, type 20AC, and then hold down the ALT key and press X. For example, to type a ô, hold down CTRL, SHIFT and ^, release and type o. To type a lowercase character by using a key combination that includes the SHIFT key, hold down the CTRL+SHIFT+symbol keys simultaneously, and then release them before you type the letter. For example, for è you would press Ctrl + `, release and then type e. For example, to type a copyright symbol ©, hold down the Alt key and type 0169.įor keyboard shortcuts in which you press one key immediately followed by another key, the keys to press are separated by a comma (,). In Word and Outlook, you can use accent marks (or diacritical marks) in a document, such as an acute accent, cedilla, circumflex, diaeresis or umlaut, grave accent, or tilde.įor keyboard shortcuts in which you press two or more keys simultaneously, the keys to press are separated by a plus sign (+) in the tables.
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