Numerous special characters are not directly available from the keyboard. They can of course be inserted through the Insertion → Special characters menu, but also by built-in shortcuts in LibreOffice, allowing great time saving. The inserted characters will be automatically replaced by the special character. Here is a non-exhaustive list, by category :

  1. Greek letters
  2. Mathematical symbols
  3. Arrows
  4. Various symbols
  5. Paragraph divider
  6. More


Greek Letters

Lowercase

Validation key for shortcuts: space bar

alpha

__a [space bar]

+ +

α

beta

__b [space bar]

+ +

β

delta

__d [space bar]

+ +

δ

epsilon

__e [space bar]

+ +

ε

phi

__f [space bar]

+ +

φ

gamma

__g [space bar]

+ +

γ

eta

__h [space bar]

+ +

η

iota

__i [space bar]

+ +

ι

theta

__j [space bar]

+ +

θ

kappa

__k [space bar]

+ +

κ

lambda

__l [space bar]

+ +

λ

mu

__m [space bar]

+ +

μ

nu

__n [space bar]

+ +

ν

omicron

__o [space bar]

+ +

ο

pi

__p [space bar]

+ +

π

chi

__q [space bar]

+ +

χ

rho

__r [space bar]

+ +

ρ

sigma

__s [space bar]

+ +

σ

tau

__t [space bar]

+ +

τ

upsilon

__u [space bar]

+ +

υ

omega

__w [space bar]

+ +

ω

xi

__x [space bar]

+ +

ξ

psi

__y [space bar]

+ +

ψ

zeta

__z [space bar]

+ +

ζ


Capitals

Validation key for shortcuts: space bar

alpha

__A [space bar]

+ +

Α

beta

__B [space bar]

+ +

Β

delta

__D [space bar]

+ +

Δ

epsilon

__E [space bar]

+ +

Ε

phi

__F [space bar]

+ +

Φ

gamma

__G [space bar]

+ +

Γ

eta

__H [space bar]

+ +

Η

iota

__I [space bar]

+ +

Ι

theta

__J [space bar]

+ +

Θ

kappa

__K [space bar]

+ +

Κ

lambda

__L [space bar]

+ +

Λ

mu

__M [space bar]

+ +

Μ

nu

__N [space bar]

+ +

Ν

omicron

__O [space bar]

+ +

Ο

pi

__P [space bar]

+ +

Π

chi

__Q [space bar]

+ +

Χ

rho

__R [space bar]

+ +

Ρ

sigma

__S [space bar]

+ +

Σ

tau

__T [space bar]

+ +

Τ

upsilon

__U [space bar]

+ +

Υ

omega

__W [space bar]

+ +

Ω

xi

__X [space bar]

+ +

Ξ

psi

__Y [space bar]

+ +

Ψ

zeta

__Z [space bar]

+ +

Ζ


Mathematical symbols

Validation key for shortcuts: space bar

Divider

./. [space bar]

+ +

÷

Greater than or equal to

>= [space bar]

+

Less than or equal to

<= [space bar]

+

Not equal to

=/= [space bar]

+ +

More or less

+/- [space bar]

++

±

Integral

//i [space bar]

++

Differential

//d [space bar]

++

Square root

//r [space bar]

++


Arrows

Validation key for shortcuts: space bar

Upward arrow

^> [space bar]

+

Left side arrow

<- [space bar]

+

Right side arrow

-> [space bar]

+

Downward arrow

_> [space bar]

+

Double arrow

<-> [space bar]

++

Flèche double vers la gauche

<== [space bar]

++

Flèche double vers la droite

==> [space bar]

++


Various symbols

Validation key for shortcuts: space bar

Tiré long

— [space bar]

+

Tiré très long

— [space bar]

++

Copyright

(c) [space bar]

++

©

Marque déposée

(r) [space bar]

++

®

Marque non déposée

(tm) [space bar]

+++

o barré

//o [space bar]

++

Ø


Paragraph divider

Validation key for shortcuts: return key

Séparateur épais

_ _ _ [return key]

+ +



Séparateur fin

—- [return key]

++




Others

Other shortcut are described in the LibreOffice documentation:
Common keyboard shortcuts: https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/General_Shortcut_Keys_in
Writer keyboard shortcuts: https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Shortcut_Keys_for_Writer


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