Shortcut Keys

[Eric Reagan]

I'm a law student and absolutely love using OneNote for class notes. My only
gripe with OneNote is that I can't assign shortcut keys for inserting
symbols, specifically the 'section' symbol that I use frequently for
statutes. It works easily in Word and I really miss being able to do that.
Anybody know if that is something MS is planning on updating?

Thanks

Eric

 

[Peter Engrav \(MS\)]

We'll consider keyboard customization in our next release. It turns out (in
my opinion anyway) that a solid keyboard interface is more important in
OneNote than perhaps in any other Office application - reaching over to grab
the mouse to do something while you're attempting to record what a lecturer
is saying is too slow, especially on many laptops where the "mouse" isn't a
mouse at all.

Peter Engrav (MS, OneNote Dev Manager)

 

[Erik Sojka]

Try this - assuming that you're using a keyboard (i.e. not a Tablet in
Slate mode) and that the Numpad is available to you: HOld down the Alt-
key and keep it held down while you type unicode number for the section
symbol, 0167 (found from a quick scan of Character Map). When you
release the Alt key, the section symbol should appear.

If your numpad isn't available (if you're on a laptop) you can either
keep it in the clipboard (making it available instantly with a Ctrl-V) or
at the top of a document where you can copy/paste it as needed.

 

[Donovan Lange [MSFT]]

As another workaround, you can also have a particular key combination automatically replaced with the section symbol using auto-correct. (Copy the symbol into the clipboard, and then from the Tools menu, choose "AutoCorrect Options…". Choose a convenient set of keys for the "Replace" field and then paste the symbol into the "With" field – note that you don't want to pick anything too commonly typed.

Hope this helps,

Donovan Lange



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I'm a law student and absolutely love using OneNote for class notes. My only
gripe with OneNote is that I can't assign shortcut keys for inserting
symbols, specifically the 'section' symbol that I use frequently for
statutes. It works easily in Word and I really miss being able to do that.
Anybody know if that is something MS is planning on updating?

Thanks

Eric




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[Chris_Pratley \(MS\)]

Even faster, type "a7", then Alt-x. Works regardless of numlock or numeric
keypad. (A7 is the hexadecimal version of 0167)

You can learn the right code by finding the symbol in Insert/Symbol and
selecting it, then checking the character code at the bottom of the dialog,
or put your cursor to the right of any character on your page (on its own)
and hit "Alt-X" to convert it into its Unicode character code (Alt-X again
to toggle it back)

Chris Pratley (MS)
OneNote design team

 

[Erik Sojka]

I learn something new every day. Cool!

Even faster, type "a7", then Alt-x. Works regardless of numlock or
numeric keypad. (A7 is the hexadecimal version of 0167)

 

[iFly]

this is simply brilliant...

 

[Steve Silverwood]

Try this - assuming that you're using a keyboard (i.e. not a Tablet in
Slate mode) and that the Numpad is available to you: HOld down the Alt-
key and keep it held down while you type unicode number for the section
symbol, 0167 (found from a quick scan of Character Map). When you
release the Alt key, the section symbol should appear.

If your numpad isn't available (if you're on a laptop) you can either
keep it in the clipboard (making it available instantly with a Ctrl-V) or
at the top of a document where you can copy/paste it as needed.

On most notebooks, there =is= a numeric keypad, but it's embedded in the
regular keyboard. If you look, you'll see things like a little "1" on
the "J" key, for example. Those become active when the Fn key is held
down. (Right now I'm looking on my Dell notebook, but I've seen most
notebooks have a similar capability. The Fn key combined with things
like PgUp and PgDn on my notebook adjust the volume, and with the
UpArrow and DnArrow keys it changes the brightness of the internal
display.)

So if you want to enter ASCII character 123 (the { key), hold the Fn and
Alt keys down together, then press J, then K, then L to enter the value
123. Release the Fn and Alt keys and the { character appears on the
screen.

You can also use a macro program like KeyText or AutoMate to assign key
combinations to send particular keystrokes or a series of keystrokes, to
the computer. So that's also an option.

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-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
Email: (e-mail address removed)

 

[Chris_Pratley \(MS\)]

works in Word too.

 

[Chris_Pratley \(MS\)]

Works in Word too...

Chris Pratley (MS)
OneNote design team