Copyright: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 04:10:41


Displays a character set you can use to copy characters and paste them into a document. To display an enlarged view of the character, click the character. To copy a character, double-click the character. The status line at the bottom of the screen displays the Unicode equivalent and character name. It also displays the keyboard equivalent if available for this character.


Displays the characters you have selected to copy. To copy the selected characters, click Copy. After copying, you can paste the selected characters into another program, such as WordPad.


Specifies the character set you want to view. The character set is a grouping of characters, such as a Windows character set or Unicode.


Displays a grouping of characters. In the Unicode Subrange, you can click to display the characters in the Unicode category you want.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the character in order to search the character set for a specific character. For example, you can type delta to search for the Greek character, delta.


Places any currently selected character in the Characters to copy box. To copy the selected characters, click Copy. After copying, you can paste the selected characters into another program, such as WordPad.


Lists the available fonts in which the character set can be viewed.


Copies the characters in the Characters to copy box so you can paste them into another program, such as WordPad.


Searches the character set for the name of the character you typed in the Search for box. Or, if you have already searched for a character, clears the Search for box so you can type the name of another character you want to find.


Displays the advanced options for choosing a character set and searching for characters.


Displays detailed information about using Character Map.


Provides a space for you to type the Unicode equivalent of a character you want to find in the character set. For example, you can type 00E7 to find the small letter c with cedilla.