Switching frequently between two languages gets annoying quickly. However, in OpenOffice.org you can link macros to a combination of keys. And by using OpenOffice.org’s built-in macro recorder, you don’t even need to know anything about how to design macros using OpenOffice Basic, the macro language shipped with OpenOffice.org. It will let you customize key commands to your needs, and easily insert special characters into OpenOffice.org documents
OpenOffice.org lets you process multiple languages within the same document easily, as long as you use only the characters your keyboard offers you. Anything beyond that requires you to Insert > Special Character. This is acceptable, as long as you don’t need to enter too many of these special characters. This article discusses a convenient way to mix two or more languages in small amounts, as with single words or single characters.
