[Solved] Insert texts from multiple clipboards using shortc

[yangogef]

I am using Open Office 4.1 on a Windows 10 tower PC to do word processing. I dont suspect any hardware issues.

This new user is unable to determine the correct combination of the myriad of 'functions' and 'categories' in the 'tools/customise/keyboard' menu, to correctly assign a canned paragraph to a keystroke within a document being created.

I wish to program multiple textual paragraphs into documents using multiple shortcut keys, to reduce typing loads.

When i choose category = 'insert' and function = 'comment', it asks for a .cfg file but there seems to be no option to create one

Perhaps there is a reference to this procedure sequence, to be found somewhere other than in the help files or youtube?

[Hagar Delest]

Hi and welcome to the forum!

Have yo utried the AutoText feature? See the AOO help. Sometopics in this forum also if needed.

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[John_Ha]

You can find all you need to know in the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials, the up to date Writer guide and the Writer Manual - see Using AutoText in Chapter 3. May I suggest you bookmark the pages.

Press F1 to access the Help screen and search for your problem

The chapter headings in the manual are:

1 - Introducing Writer
2 - Setting up Writer
3 - Working with Text
4 - Formatting Pages
5 - Printing, Exporting, Faxing and E-Mailing
6 - Introduction to Styles
7 - Working with Styles
8 - Working with Graphics
9 - Working with Tables
10 - Working with Templates
11 - Using Mail Merge
12 - Tables of Contents, Indexes and Bibliographies
13 - Working with Master Documents
14 - Working with Fields
15 - Using Forms in Writer
16 - Customizing Writer – Keyboard shortcuts.

When a pop-up window opens, click the Help button for extensive help on that function - it is often more comprehensive than the manual.

Also see AutoHotKey which works in any application. You assign a few characters to text and when you type the few characters, the text it typed. So, for example, when I type "zzsol" I get:

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[RoryOF]

Be advised that OpenOffice can be extremely sensitive (read: may crash) to applications which touch the clipboard. It may be that use of such a muiltilayered clipboard application will cause OO to become unstable.