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Assigning Special Characters to the Keyboard  

Do you create documents with a lot of special characters?  Have you ever thought it would be nice to just press a key, like ALT+A, and insert special characters automatically?  Well you can assign keyboard combinations to special characters (such as foreign language letters with accents) in WordPerfect for Windows.  Simply follow the instructions below. 

To Assign Special Characters to the Keyboard:  

  1. Select EDIT | PREFERENCES from the Menu 
  2. Double-click on KEYBOARD 
  3. Click on the CREATE Button 
  4. Type in a Name for Your New Keyboard (e.g. Accents) 
  5. Click on the OK Button 
    • You should be in a the Keyboard Editor dialog box. 
  6. In the CHOOSE A SHORTCUT KEY List Box, on the Left, Click the Shortcut Key You Want to Assign a Character To 
    • A + Alt has no feature currently assigned to it 
  7. Select PLAY A KEYBOARD SCRIPT 
  8. Click in the Text Box 
  9. Press CONTROL + W (to Open the WP Character Set Window) 
  10. Find the Character Set and Character You Want to Assign 
    • For example in the Multinational character set, select the ? 
  11. Click on the INSERT AND CLOSE Button 
  12. Click on the ASSIGN SCRIPT Button 
    • Repeat the Above Steps for Each Special Character You Want to Assign 
    • You should write down your special character key combinations as you create them. 
  13. Click the OK Button When You are Done 
  14. With Your New Keyboard Highlighted Click the SELECT Button 
  15. Click the Close Button 

You can now type your special characters using your special keyboard combinations.  You can add, remove or change your keyboard any time by going back into EDIT | PREFERENCES | KEYBOARD, selecting your keyboard name, and clicking the EDIT button. 
 
Printing all Fonts Available  

Have you ever wondered what fonts you have available on your computer and what they all look like on paper?   Well, WordPerfect has a macro you can run that will create a document with a sample of all the printer and "soft" fonts available on your computer. 

To Create the All Fonts Document:  

  1. Select the Printer You Want to Use 
  2. Make Sure You are on a Blank Document 
  3. Select TOOLS | MACRO | PLAY from the Menu 
  4. Select ALLFONTS.WCM from the Macros List 
  5. Click the PLAY Button 

It might take WordPerfect a couple of minutes to create this file so be patient.  If you are going to print the document, we strongly suggest you print it one page at a time, especially if your printer does not have that much memory. 
 
Printing a Whole Sheet of the Same Label  

Creating a whole page of the same label (maybe for return addresses) can be extremely time consuming--even if you know how to use copy and paste.  Below are instructions for automating this task in both WordPerfect and Word. 

To Print a Whole Sheet of the Same Label:  

  1. Select FORMAT | LABELS from the Menu 
  2. Select the Label Type and Size (remember the number of labels per page) 
  3. Click the SELECT Button 
  4. Type the Text You Want to Have on Every Label 
  5. Select TOOLS | MERGE from the Menu 
  6. Click the MERGE Button 
  7. Select <Current Document> as the Form File 
  8. Click the OPTIONS Button 
  9. Select the Number of Labels per Page (i.e. 14) 
  10. Click the OK Button 
  11. Click the OK (MERGE in WP 7) Button 

 Reseting Spell Check  

If you skip a word during a spell check using the SKIP ALL button, when you run the spell check again, the word will not be checked again. If you want the spell check to recheck all words you must reset the spell checker. 

To Reset the Spelll Check:  

WORDPERFECT 6.x  

  1. While Spell Checking 
  2. Select OPTIONS | RECHECK DOCUMENT From the Spell Check Menu 
  3. If There is Already a Checkmark Next to It, Spell Check Will Recheck All Words 

WORDPERFECT 7.0  

  1. While Spell Checking 
  2. Click the CUSTOMIZE Button 

  3. Select RECHECK ALL TEXT (there should be a checkmark next to this option)  

Special Characters (WordPerfect 7.0)  

Have you tried to insert a character in WordPerfect 7.0 only to see a bunch of boxes in the character set window? Well you aren't the only one.  To have the WordPerfect Characters show up, all you'll need to do is delete the WordPerfect character sets and then undeleted them (using the recycle bin).   Make sure before you do this procedure that your deleted files go to the recycle bin! 

To restore the WordPerfect Character Sets:  

  1. Open the Recycle Bin and Delete all Files 
  2. Start Windows Explorer 
  3. Open the Windows Folder 
  4. Open the Fonts Sub-Folder 
  5. Select all the Fonts Files that Start with WP (i.e. WP Arabic Sihafa, WP ArabicScript Sihafa, etc.) 
    • To select all the font files at once, click the first file, then hold the shift key and click the last file. 
  6. Select FILE | DELETE from the Menu 
  7. Confirm Deleting the Files by Clicking YES 
  8. Switch to the Recycle Bin 
  9. Select all the WP Font Files 
  10. Select FILE | RESTORE from the Menu 



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