Inserting a Trademark Symbol in Label

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#1

Using Writer with DejaVu Sans font and having created a label using the Avery A4 template with Synchronize active, all is well until I try and include the Trademark symbol. The advice I have is:-

     Place the cursor in the location where you want the symbol to appear.
     On the Insert menu select Special Character.
     In the dialog that appears, choose Symbol from the Font list.The trademark symbol is available in a Serif font (character 212) or in a San-Serif font (character 228). ...
     Click OK.

  My problem is that once I select Special Characters the Font is shown and then a huge list of available Subsets and using for example Basic Latin, I get a whole lot of characters, all too big and all overlapping so even if the TM symbol is there I cannot see it.

I need some guidance please.

#2

The following won't help you see/find the symbol. It will however let you
type it directly.

Put your cursor where you want the symbol to appear then

If using Windows (tested with Windows 10 and LibreOffice 6.2.2.2) -
Type 2122 then Alt+X

If using Linux -
Ctrl+Shift+U and release, then 2122, then enter

#3

:tm: is in the LibreOffice autocorrect database. colon-tm-colon (lower case
matters.) should produce a TM logo if you have autocorrect enabled.

#4

In my LO Writer (6.0.7.3), the autocorrect option is (tm) using parentheses and not colons.

#5

In mine (6.1.3.2) either works :slight_smile:

But I get an unusable window to choose characters from if I follow
Budge's instructions. All the characters, and the window itself are far
too large and overlap horizontally. Vertically the window is taller
than my screen and not resizable.

If that occurs with a current version, I'd think a bug report was
appropriate. It's a surprisingly glaring bug.

#6

I have never seen the behaviour you describe, with oversize characters
in the Special Character selection window. I just tried it with the
DejaVu fonts in my LO version 6.2.0.3 under Windows 10, to be sure.

What version of LibreOffice are you using, and under what version of
which operating system? Do you have extensions or accessibility
options running that might affect the behaviour?

- Robert

#7

Hi and thatks for the reply. Do not use Windoze.
Tried the linux option several times but alas, no joy!

#8

That might have worked but didn't but the autocorrection has many settings so may not be correctly set up. Will play around in plain text document and ask again.

#9

Hi.

:tm: is in the LibreOffice autocorrect database. colon-tm-colon
(lower case matters.) should produce a TM logo if you have
autocorrect enabled.

The following won't help you see/find the symbol. It will however
    let you
    type it directly.

Put your cursor where you want the symbol to appear then

If using Windows (tested with Windows 10 and LibreOffice 6.2.2.2) -
    Type 2122 then Alt+X

If using Linux -
    Ctrl+Shift+U and release, then 2122, then enter

> Using Writer with DejaVu Sans font and having created a label
    using the
     > Avery A4 template with Synchronize active, all is well until I
    try and
     > include the Trademark symbol.  The advice I have is:-
     >
     >      Place the cursor in the location where you want the symbol
    to appear.
     >      On the Insert menu select Special Character.
     >      In the dialog that appears, choose Symbol from the Font
list.The
     > trademark symbol is available in a Serif font (character 212)
or in a
     > San-Serif font (character 228). ...
     >      Click OK.
     >
     >   My problem is that once I select Special Characters the Font is
    shown
     > and then a huge list of available Subsets and using for
example Basic
     > Latin, I get a whole lot of characters, all too big and all
    overlapping
     > so even if the TM symbol is there I cannot see it.
     >
     > I need some guidance please.
     >
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That might have worked but didn't but the autocorrection has many
settings so may not be correctly set up.  Will play around in plain
text document and ask again.

Do you get this dialogue for insert special character. Type in the
number 2122 then find and click on the square with the TM character.
Note, you have to be using a unicode font with the character for this to
work so change font if you need to.
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steve