You can use Character Map to copy and paste special characters into your documents, such as the trademark symbol, special mathematical characters, or a character from the character set of another language. You can move through the characters displayed in the grid using the keyboard shortcuts in the following table:. A subscription to help make the most of your time. Smart assistance features. Ad-free email. Back up and access files across devices.
Try one month free. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? The more you tell us the more we can help. Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. In general, when you need characters that are not near the start of the Unicode code order, you can benefit a lot from other features in the Character Map:.
If you know the Unicode number of the character you are looking for, type it in hexadecimal into the Show Unicode box. The character will then appear in the upper-left corner of the character array. If you know an essential part of the Unicode name of the character, type it into the Find box and click the Find button. Characters that match your search will appear in the character array. If you wish to search by general category, select Unicode Subrange from the "Group by" menu.
This is an odd way of reaching a useful feature: an auxiliary window will appear on the right as in Figure , with names of character categories. By clicking on a category name, you get that category into the character array.
Alternatively, you can make a selection from the "Character set" menu. The default selection is Unicode, but you can choose a set of characters that corresponds to some widely used non-Unicode character encoding, such as Windows: Cyrillic, if you are primarily interested in Cyrillic letters, or Windows: Turkish, if you need to type some Turkish names.
Previous page. Table of content. Next page. Character Maps A character map as an input method is an array of images of characters where you can click on an image and have the character inserted into your data.
Character map in an old version of MS Word Different programs have different character maps, ranging from a simple one typically containing just positions to a full Unicode table with many extra features. Newer systems have more powerful character maps, but even the old interface has the basic functionality you need to insert any Unicode character: Select a font from the Font menu.
The subsets are mostly Unicode blocks Figure Customizing MS Word with an Insert Symbol button explained in Chapter 8 , but beware that in non-English versions of Word, some of the names of the subsets can be thoroughly misleading. Click on the Insert button.
It has the same basic features as the older version but in addition, it includes: A collection of recently used characters, in a row Figure Note: This does not affect the font being used in your document!
Insert Mode Allows you to select the character insert mode you want. See Insert Modes above. Display Quality Allows you to select a different font display quality for the Character Map. Filtering The Character Map can be filtered by Unicode character name or character range. A filter can be for a range or on the Unicode Character Name. Right click on a character and select Goto. The Enter Unicode character value or name dialog box will be displayed: Enter the Unicode character value - e.
You can substitute spaces for underscores if you prefer.
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