Character
A character is a single letter, a number or a symbol.
Characters form words and acronyms, which are separated by white-space and punctuation.
The visual appearance of a character depends on its assigned
font
.
There also exist
nonprinting characters,
such as the ¶ (the paragraph-mark).
Using characters
For the creation of characters, see the
table of contents for OpenOffice.org Draw.
How to use characters in other applications is demonstrated in the
following screencasts:
- How to insert text into a document.
- How to insert text into a drawing.
- How to insert special characters not available on the keyboard.
- How to set object margins.
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