Special Characters Box

[pcdzialo]

Is there any way to change the size of a) the Insert Special Characters dialog and b) the size of each character in that view?
They are awfully small.

[acknak]

Unfortunately, no.

Both Linux and Windows (and Mac too, I'm sure) have more full-featured character map utilities. I find I need to use the system utility about 50% of the time.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

If you're using Windows, Babel Map is a free and very powerful alternative.

A macro like this can be used to launch it from a toolbar icon or shortcut:

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sub Babelmap
rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
rem define variables
dim document   as object
dim dispatcher as object
rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
rem get access to the document
document   = ThisComponent.CurrentController.Frame
dispatcher = createUnoService("com.sun.star.frame.DispatchHelper")

rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Shell("C:\Program Files\BabelMap\BabelMap.exe",1)

end sub