How to type different glyphs in word

[S N]

How do we access different glyphs of opentype fonts in MS word.
The method of opening character map is very cumbersome. Is there any
shortcut key or menu button or any other similar such method which can
enable typing different glyphs of any character.

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Post by S N
How do we access different glyphs of opentype fonts in MS word.
The method of opening character map is very cumbersome. Is there any
shortcut key or menu button or any other similar such method which can
enable typing different glyphs of any character.

Referring back to your other post, depending on the individual font,
some glyphs can't be accessed at all, with or without character map.

MS Word does have a number of shortcuts for the more common
characters, but this does not include the extensive character
collections available in OpenType. The NEXT version of Word is said to
provide substantially improved OpenType support. Adobe products
already include extensive support for OpenType.

For common non-keyboard characters, for many years I've used a
handy-dandy free utility called AllChars. Example - type, in sequence,
Ctrl, L, L, and you get the pound sign; or Ctrl, c, comma, and get a c
with cedilla.

- Character

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Post by S N
How do we access different glyphs of opentype fonts in MS word.
The method of opening character map is very cumbersome. Is there any
shortcut key or menu button or any other similar such method which can
enable typing different glyphs of any character.

Referring back to your other post, depending on the individual font,
some glyphs can't be accessed at all, with or without character map.
MS Word does have a number of shortcuts for the more common
characters, but this does not include the extensive character
collections available in OpenType. The NEXT version of Word is said to
provide substantially improved OpenType support. Adobe products
already include extensive support for OpenType.
For common non-keyboard characters, for many years I've used a
handy-dandy free utility called AllChars. Example - type, in sequence,
Ctrl, L, L, and you get the pound sign; or Ctrl, c, comma, and get a c
with cedilla.

But that capability is already built into Word. The out-of-the-box
Word keyboarding for c-cedilla is Ctrl-comma, c or C. Presumably
"English (UK)" doesn't need any special combination for pound-sign,
but you can assign any sequence you want to it in Insert Symbol.

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Post by S N
How do we access different glyphs of opentype fonts in MS word.
The method of opening character map is very cumbersome. Is there any
shortcut key or menu button or any other similar such method which can
enable typing different glyphs of any character.

Referring back to your other post, depending on the individual font,
some glyphs can't be accessed at all, with or without character map.
MS Word does have a number of shortcuts for the more common
characters, but this does not include the extensive character
collections available in OpenType. The NEXT version of Word is said to
provide substantially improved OpenType support. Adobe products
already include extensive support for OpenType.
For common non-keyboard characters, for many years I've used a
handy-dandy free utility called AllChars. Example - type, in sequence,
Ctrl, L, L, and you get the pound sign; or Ctrl, c, comma, and get a c
with cedilla.

But that capability is already built into Word. The out-of-the-box
Word keyboarding for c-cedilla is Ctrl-comma, c or C. Presumably
"English (UK)" doesn't need any special combination for pound-sign,
but you can assign any sequence you want to it in Insert Symbol.

Sorry - I meant the OTHER pound - the currency symbol.

- Ch.

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Post by S N
How do we access different glyphs of opentype fonts in MS word.
The method of opening character map is very cumbersome. Is there any
shortcut key or menu button or any other similar such method which can
enable typing different glyphs of any character.

Referring back to your other post, depending on the individual font,
some glyphs can't be accessed at all, with or without character map.
MS Word does have a number of shortcuts for the more common
characters, but this does not include the extensive character
collections available in OpenType. The NEXT version of Word is said to
provide substantially improved OpenType support. Adobe products
already include extensive support for OpenType.
For common non-keyboard characters, for many years I've used a
handy-dandy free utility called AllChars. Example - type, in sequence,
Ctrl, L, L, and you get the pound sign; or Ctrl, c, comma, and get a c
with cedilla.

But that capability is already built into Word. The out-of-the-box
Word keyboarding for c-cedilla is Ctrl-comma, c or C. Presumably
"English (UK)" doesn't need any special combination for pound-sign,
but you can assign any sequence you want to it in Insert Symbol.

Sorry - I meant the OTHER pound - the currency symbol.

?

Meaning the circle with four rays??? In fonts from pre-Unicode days,
that's been replaced by the euro symbol.

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But that capability is already built into Word. The out-of-the-box
Word keyboarding for c-cedilla is Ctrl-comma, c or C. Presumably
"English (UK)" doesn't need any special combination for pound-sign,
but you can assign any sequence you want to it in Insert Symbol.

Sorry - I meant the OTHER pound - the currency symbol.

?
Meaning the circle with four rays??? In fonts from pre-Unicode days,
that's been replaced by the euro symbol.

The UK is known to use a unit of currency known as the pound. £

;)

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But that capability is already built into Word. The out-of-the-box
Word keyboarding for c-cedilla is Ctrl-comma, c or C. Presumably
"English (UK)" doesn't need any special combination for pound-sign,
but you can assign any sequence you want to it in Insert Symbol.

Sorry - I meant the OTHER pound - the currency symbol.

?
Meaning the circle with four rays??? In fonts from pre-Unicode days,
that's been replaced by the euro symbol.

The UK is known to use a unit of currency known as the pound.

How is that "the OTHER pound"?? A US keyboard has no particular need
to be able to type it (or euro, or yen, etc.), but you can assign
whatever keyboard shortcut you want to the currency marks.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

But that's the one Peter was talking about in the first place, which is why
he said he presumed UK keyboards would already have it (perhaps in place of
the dollar sign) so that no special keyboard shortcut would be needed.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

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But that capability is already built into Word. The out-of-the-box
Word keyboarding for c-cedilla is Ctrl-comma, c or C. Presumably
"English (UK)" doesn't need any special combination for pound-sign,
but you can assign any sequence you want to it in Insert Symbol.

Sorry - I meant the OTHER pound - the currency symbol.

?
Meaning the circle with four rays??? In fonts from pre-Unicode days,
that's been replaced by the euro symbol.

The UK is known to use a unit of currency known as the pound. £
;)