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 ====== NeoOffice keyboard navigating shortcuts ======
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+^ [[software:neooffice:index|Back to Main page about NeoOffice]] ^\\
 The information on this page may depend on the NeoOffice version and OSX version you are using.
+====== NeoOffice 2.2 + OSX 10.4 (Likely also for 10.5) ======
-====== NeoOffice 2.2 + OSX 10.4 ======
 The description below is based on the following system:
   * Mac OS X 10.4.11 (2008-03-22)
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 In order to understand the Mac key-nomenclature, the following may be helpful:
 ^ Symbol ^ Key ^ Note ^
-| ⇧((This ⇧ key should appear as an arrow pointing upwards, however I use Firefox and see a strange T-like character, which is not correct. In Safari it displays correct.))  | Shift  | This key can be helpful for selecting text **in combination with other navigating keys**  |
+| ⇑((This key should appear as an arrow pointing upwards: ⇧, however I use Firefox and see a strange T-like character instead, which is not correct. Therefore I choose an unicode character which at least resembles that arrow: ⇑. In Safari it displays correct.))  | Shift  | This key can be helpful for selecting text **in combination with other navigating keys**  |
 | alt\\ ⌥  | Alt or option  | Mac typical use: advancing cursor to next/previous word  |
 |  ⌘  | Apple or command  | Mac typical use: advancing cursor to beginning and end of line  |
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 | <-  | Backspace  | E.g. to delete a character, use [fn + <-]  |
+===== Keyboard navigating solution =====
+It's quite easy to reconfigure NeoOffice to behave more like standard Mac OSX commands for cursor movement((The reason why NeoOffice doesn't adhere to Mac standard User-Interface is due to the [[http://gsl.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=11004|unwillingness of OpenOffice.org engineers to accept a patch to allow Option (and Alt on Windows and Meta on Solaris) to be used as a modifier key]]\\ See URL: http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice_Menu_and_Keyboard_Shortcuts.)). Commands like **⌘▶** (command + right) to jump to the end of a line or **⌥▶** (option + right) to advance to the next word are typical examples of what should be standard behaviour but is not in NeoOffice when it's installed initially.\\ Within NeoOffice there is a menu option where keystrokes can be customized. But from the listed and selectable keystrokes over there, there is just no entry with the **⌥** (option) key, which means, this key cannot be assigned to any function from there.\\
+The missing **⌥** (option) key functionality in NeoOffice can be easily circumvented in the **System Preferences...** pane in OSX, where it's possible to assign '**⌥** (option) key'-keystrokes to set menu items. For example '⌥▶' would be assigned to a menu item called 'To Word Right'. Of course **cursor navigating functions** like 'To Word Right' should have been previously added manually in NeoOffice in a menu((The presence of these functions are important, the exact locations aren't. Just about anywhere in any menu within NeoOffice is fine.)).
+\\ **Unfortunately the Java version which NeoOffice uses by default, Java Runtime Environment 1.5, has a bug, in which all key commands with the ⌥ (option) key are not handled properly. As a consequence of this bug, keystrokes which have been added in the System Preferences..., aren't detected in NeoOffice. A workaround for this problem is to use Java Runtime Environment version 1.4 instead. See below how to revert to version 1.4.**
-===== Keyboard navigating solution =====
-It's quite easy to reconfigure NeoOffice to behave more like standard Mac OSX commands for cursor movement((The reason why NeoOffice doesn't adhere to Mac standard User-Interface is due to the [[http://gsl.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=11004|unwillingness of OpenOffice.org engineers to accept a patch to allow Option (and Alt on Windows and Meta on Solaris) to be used as a modifier key]]\\ See URL: http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice_Menu_and_Keyboard_Shortcuts.)). Commands like **⌘▶** (command + right) to jump to the end of a line or **⌥▶** (option + right) to advance to the next word are typical examples of what should be standard behaviour but is not in NeoOffice when it's installed initially.\\ Apart from the native possibility in NeoOffice to customize some keystrokes (but unfortunately some can't be configured there, that's the whole point), the basic procedure to use keystrokes which aren't natively supported in NeoOffice is to add additional **Application Keyboard Shortcuts** with the preferred keystrokes in OS X **System Preferences...**. These keystrokes should 'point' to **cursor navigating functions** in NeoOffice which have been added manually in a menu((The presence of these functions are important, the exact location isn't. Just about anywhere in any menu within NeoOffice is fine.)), with the option **Customize…** from the **Tools** menu. However, due to a bug in the Java Runtime Environment 1.5, which is enabled by default unfortunately, not all navigating commands will work. A workaround for this is to use Java Runtime Environment version 1.4 instead. See below how to revert to version 1.4.
 ==== Shortcuts for cursor movement ====
 In order to assign the proper shortcut for the cursor movement to jump to the beginning and end of line ⌘◀ and ⌘▶, we must change these shortcut keys in **Writer** with the **Keyboard** tab in the **customize...** option in the **tools** menu. Mind that (1) it holds already the functions 'To Word Left' and 'To Word Right', which functionality we want move to the alt (⌥) key and (2) the modifier for the alt (⌥) key is not available in NeoOffice. We will deal with that later. For now, perform the following steps((From the NeoOffice Wiki:\\ [[http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice_Menu_and_Keyboard_Shortcuts]])):
-| **Navigating to begin and end of line**\\ 1. Open the Customize dialogue. (choose **Customize…** from the **Tools** menu.)\\ 2. Click on the **Keyboard** tab.\\ 3. Make sure that the radio button for **Writer** (on the top right of the dialogue box) is selected.\\ **4.** In the **Category** list (in the **Functions** section), choose **Navigate**.\\ **5.** In the Function list, choose **To Line Begin**.\\ **6.** In the **Shortcut keys** list (on the top left), choose **⌘Left**.\\ **7.** Click on the **Modify** button (in the top right of the dialogue)((Remove as well **Home**)).\\ 8. Repeat steps 4 to 7 to change the definition of **⌘Right** into **To End of Line**.\\ 9. Repeat steps 4 to 7 to change the definition of **⇧⌘Left** into **Select to Begin of Line**((Remove as well **⇧Home**)).\\ 10. Repeat steps 4 to 7 to change the definition of **⇧⌘Right** into **Select to End of Line**((Remove as well **⇧End**)).\\ 11. Click on OK to assign these new shortcuts.  |
+^ **Navigating to begin and end of line**  ^
+| 1. Open the Customize dialogue. (choose **Customize…** from the **Tools** menu.)\\ 2. Click on the **Keyboard** tab.\\ 3. Make sure that the radio button for **Writer** (on the top right of the dialogue box) is selected.\\ **4.** In the **Category** list (in the **Functions** section), choose **Navigate**.\\ **5.** In the Function list, choose **To Line Begin**.\\ **6.** In the **Shortcut keys** list (on the top left), choose **⌘Left**.\\ **7.** Click on the **Modify** button (in the top right of the dialogue)((Remove as well **Home**)).\\ 8. Repeat steps 4 to 7 to change the definition of **⌘Right** into **To End of Line**.\\ 9. Repeat steps 4 to 7 to change the definition of **⇧⌘Left** into **Select to Begin of Line**((Remove as well **⇧Home**)).\\ 10. Repeat steps 4 to 7 to change the definition of **⇧⌘Right** into **Select to End of Line**((Remove as well **⇧End**)).\\ 11. Click on OK to assign these new shortcuts.  |
-There is a bug in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5, which doesn't handling the ⌥ key properly. As a consequence of this, NeoOffice which relies on Java, the ⌥ key for navigating to words will not work((In JRE 1.5 the shortcut to the menu option seems to be selected: the menu flashes shortly, but after that the expected action does not follow.)). A workaround for this problem is to change/revert to version 1.4((NeoOffice Preferences should provide you with an option to select either JRE version 1.4 or 1.5)). It is not clear whether version 1.4 introduces other problems which had been solved in JRE 1.5(([[http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/Troubleshooting_Tips#Check_for_shortcuts_used_by_Mac_OS_X|JRE 1.5 has a bug, not recognizing the ⌥ key]])).
+There is a bug in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5, which doesn't handle the ⌥ key properly. As a consequence of this, NeoOffice which relies on Java, the ⌥ key for navigating to words will not work((In JRE 1.5 the shortcut to the menu option seems to be selected: the menu flashes shortly, but after that the expected action does not follow.)). A workaround for this problem is to change/revert to version 1.4((NeoOffice Preferences should provide you with an option to select either JRE version 1.4 or 1.5)). It is not clear whether version 1.4 introduces other problems which had been solved in JRE 1.5(([[http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/Troubleshooting_Tips#Check_for_shortcuts_used_by_Mac_OS_X|JRE 1.5 has a bug, not recognizing the ⌥ key]])).
-| **Enabling JRE 1.4 in NeoOffice**\\ 1. In NeoOffice, select Preferences...\\ 2. Open the NeoOffice branch, select Java.\\ 3. Make sure 'Use a Java runtime environment' is enabled.\\ 4. Click on the small circle at the line with version 1.4 (1.4.2_16). \\ 6. Click on OK. \\ 7. NeoOffice must be restarted.  |
+^ **Enabling JRE 1.4 in NeoOffice**  ^
+| 1. In NeoOffice, select Preferences...\\ 2. Open the NeoOffice branch, select Java.\\ 3. Make sure 'Use a Java runtime environment' is enabled.\\ 4. Click on the small circle at the line with version 1.4 (1.4.2_16). \\ 6. Click on OK. \\ 7. NeoOffice must be restarted.  |
 The workaround for navigating to words is to add these navigating functions to a menu in NeoOffice and then use the Application Keyboard Shortcuts in the Keyboard & Mouse option in the System Preferences to set the proper shortcuts to these functions((Please see previous remark about selecting the proper Java Runtime Environment)).
-| **Adding functions to a menu**\\ 1. In NeoOffice open the Customize dialogue. (choose **Customize…** from the **Tools** menu.)\\ 2. Click on the **Menus** tab.\\ 3. Select in NeoOffice Writer Menus the Menu **Edit**.\\ **4.** Click on the **Add...** button.\\ **5.** Select **Navigate** in the Category list and **To Word Left** in the Commands list.\\ **6.** Click on **Add**.\\ 7. Repeat steps 4 to 6 to add **To Word Right**  to the edit menu.\\ 8. Repeat steps 4 to 6 to add **Select to Begin of Word** to the edit menu.\\ 9. Repeat steps 4 to 6 to add **Select to Word Right** to the edit menu.\\ 10. Click on the **Close** button.\\ 11. For aesthetic reasons, select each of the four entries and move them with the down arrow to the bottom of this edit menu list. (If you like, you may add a horizontal ruler to this menu, by placing your cursor at the item just before the four newly added functions and click on Modify->Begin a Group)\\ 12. Click on OK.  |
+^ **Adding functions to a menu**  ^
+| 1. In NeoOffice open the Customize dialogue. (choose **Customize…** from the **Tools** menu.)\\ 2. Click on the **Menus** tab.\\ 3. Select in NeoOffice Writer Menus the Menu **Edit**.\\ **4.** Click on the **Add...** button.\\ **5.** Select **Navigate** in the Category list and **To Word Left** in the Commands list.\\ **6.** Click on **Add**.\\ 7. Repeat steps 4 to 6 to add **To Word Right**  to the edit menu.\\ 8. Repeat steps 4 to 6 to add **Select to Begin of Word** to the edit menu.\\ 9. Repeat steps 4 to 6 to add **Select to Word Right** to the edit menu.\\ 10. Click on the **Close** button.\\ 11. For aesthetic reasons, select each of the four entries and move them with the down arrow to the bottom of this edit menu list. (If you like, you may add a horizontal ruler to this menu, by placing your cursor at the item just before the four newly added functions and click on Modify->Begin a Group)\\ 12. Click on OK.  |
 Quit NeoOffice((Alternatively it should be restarted after the modifications in the System Preferences)). Now manually add shortcuts to these newly added menu functions in the System Preferences((See also [[http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice_Menu_and_Keyboard_Shortcuts|Using System Preferences to add additional keystrokes]])).
-| **Adding custom keyboard shortcuts**\\ 1. Open the **Keyboard & Mouse** pane of the System Preferences and click on the **Keyboard Shortcuts** tab.\\ **2.** (Scroll down to the bottom) and click on the **Application Keyboard Shortcuts** item, and then the + button at the bottom left.\\ **3.** Select **NeoOffice.app** as Application.\\ **4.** Enter exactly in the Menu Title **To Word Left**.\\ **5.** Enter in Keyboard Shortcut the more common shortcut **⌥◀** (alt + left).\\ 6. Click on Add.\\ 7. Repeat steps 2 to 6 to add Menu Title **To Word Right** with shortcut **⌥▶** (alt + right).\\ 8. Repeat steps 2 to 6 to add Menu Title **Select to Begin of Word** with shortcut **⌥⇧◀** (alt + shift + left).\\ 9. Repeat steps 2 to 6 to add Menu Title **Select to Word Right** with shortcut **⌥⇧▶** (alt + shift + right).\\ 10. Close the **Keyboard & Mouse** pane.  |
+^ **Adding custom keyboard shortcuts**  ^
+| 1. Open the **Keyboard & Mouse** pane of the System Preferences and click on the **Keyboard Shortcuts** tab.\\ **2.** (Scroll down to the bottom) and click on the **Application Keyboard Shortcuts** item, and then the + button at the bottom left.\\ **3.** Select **NeoOffice.app** as Application.\\ **4.** Enter exactly in the Menu Title **To Word Left**.\\ **5.** Enter in Keyboard Shortcut the more common shortcut **⌥◀** (alt + left).\\ 6. Click on Add.\\ 7. Repeat steps 2 to 6 to add Menu Title **To Word Right** with shortcut **⌥▶** (alt + right).\\ 8. Repeat steps 2 to 6 to add Menu Title **Select to Begin of Word** with shortcut **⌥⇧◀** (alt + shift + left).\\ 9. Repeat steps 2 to 6 to add Menu Title **Select to Word Right** with shortcut **⌥⇧▶** (alt + shift + right).\\ 10. Close the **Keyboard & Mouse** pane.  |
 Open NeoOffice, check in the Edit menu whether each navigate function has the proper assigned shortcut.

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