Ligatures

 

Ligatures (Æ, æ, Œ, œ) can be inserted in any of the following ways:

 

The Compose Key (F6) method:

 

1Place the cursor at the point where the ligature should be inserted.
2Type the first letter of the ligature (A, a, O or o).
3Press F6  
4To transform the letter you just typed into a ligature, press Alt and the second letter of the ligature.

 

The Insert Menu method:

 

1Place the cursor at the point where the ligature should be inserted.
2Click Insert, Latin Vowels & Others
3The Latin Characters dialog will appear on your screen.  
4Click on the character to be inserted.  A square will appear around the character you have selected.  
5Click Insert or double click on the character to be inserted.

 

The Ctrl+Alt method:

 

1Place the cursor at the point where you want to insert the ligature.
2Press one of the following key combinations
To insert æ , press Ctrl+Alt+W
To insert Æ, press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+W
To insert œ, press Ctrl+Alt+R
To insert Œ, press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R

A keyboard diagram showing the position of keys that can be inserted using the Ctrl+Alt method can be displayed by pressing Shift+Ctrl+K and then clicking the Ctrl+Alt radio button.

 

 

See also:

Compose Key (F6)