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title: Using the Character Map
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---
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To display the Character Map:
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- Press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>c</kbd>
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- Select **View** → **Character Map**
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The Character Map will appear by default docked to the right hand side
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of the IDE but can be undocked or re-docked on any side of the window.
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### Using the Character Map
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To insert a character:
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1. Position the text cursor where you want to insert the character
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2. Locate the desired character in the Character Map and insert it by:
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- selecting the character and pressing the Enter key, or
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- double-clicking on the character, or
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- right-clicking on the character and selecting Insert Character.
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> ### Note
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If the Insert Mode is set to Code or Name, pressing Enter or
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double-clicking on the character will insert the Unicode code or
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name of the character, not the character itself. These options are
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most useful when writing or editing keyboard source files (.KMN).
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### Insert Modes
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There are three insert modes: Code, Character and Name:
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- Code: inserts the character's Unicode code
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- Character: inserts the character itself
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- Name: inserts the character's Unicode name
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To change the insert mode:
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1. Right-click on the Character Map.
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2. Highlight the Insert Mode submenu.
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3. Choose the desired mode from the Insert Mode submenu.
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### Character Map Options
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When you right click on the Character Map, the following menu options
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are displayed:
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Insert Character
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: Inserts the selected character at the cursor position in your
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document.
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Filter...
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: Displays the Filter dialog box. See [Filtering](#toc-filtering) below.
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Goto...
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: Displays the Goto dialog box. See Using [Goto](#toc-goto) below.
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Font...
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: Allows you to choose a different font for viewing the Character Map. <br/>
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Note: This does not affect the font being used in your document!
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Insert Mode
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: Allows you to select the character insert mode you want. See [Insert
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Modes](#toc-insert-modes) above.
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Display Quality
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: Allows you to select a different font display quality for the
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Character Map. The options are: <br/>
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- Plain: no font smoothing
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- Antialiased: uses the Windows standard font smoothing
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- ClearType: uses the Windows ClearType font smoothing method
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### Characters and Fonts
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When a character is not available in the selected font, the Character
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Map will fall back to **Code2000**, **Code2001**, **Code2002**, **Arial Unicode MS** and
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**Lucida Sans Unicode** fonts. If the character is not found in these
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fallback fonts, the Character Map will use font linking to attempt to
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find a character from other fonts installed on the system, and as a last
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resort, will show a square box if no suitable font can be found.
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If a character is not displayed from other than the selected font, it
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will be shown in blue instead of black.
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### Filtering
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The Character Map can be filtered by Unicode character name or character
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range. Filters can be entered in the Filter By field at the bottom of
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the Character Map; a quick reference user interface dialog to help you
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edit the filter is available by clicking the \[...\] button.
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When no filter is applied, the Character Map will show all characters
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from the Unicode 8.0 standard.
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All filter strings are case insensitive. Character names use the letters
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`A-Z`, numerals `0-9`, and punctuation underscore (`_`) and hyphen
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(`-`).
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Spaces between words in the filter are represented either by underscore
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(`_`) or space (` `) and can be used interchangeably.
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A filter can be for a range or on the Unicode Character Name.
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The filter format for a range is: `[U+]XXXX-[U+]YYYY`, where `U+` is
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optional, `XXXX` is the starting Unicode value and `YYYY` is the
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finishing Unicode value.
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The filtering options for Unicode Character Names are:
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### Examples
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| Filter | Result |
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| `LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A` | Finds all Latin capital A variations |
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| `LATIN * LETTER A` | finds all Latin capital and lower case A variations |
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| `LATIN * LETTER [AEIOU]` | finds all Latin A,E,I,O or U vowel combinations |
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| `<Thai` | finds the Thai Unicode block |
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| `>LAO` | finds all characters with names starting in "LAO" in the current font |
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| `YI_` | finds all characters with names starting in "YI " - you must use `_` (underscore) and not `( )` space at the end of a search string. <br/> Note that without the `_`, this search also matches YIN_YANG. |
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| `LATIN * LETTER A$` | finds only "a" and "A" |
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| `1000-119F` | finds all characters between U+1000 and U+119F (inclusive) - the Myanmar alphabet in this case |
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### Goto
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The Goto tool can be used to move directly to a specific Unicode
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character or value.
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1. Right click on a character and select Goto. The **Enter Unicode character value or name** dialog box will be displayed.
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2. Enter the Unicode character value - e.g. `006B` or `U+006B` OR enter the start of the character name, e.g. `LAO_LETTER` will go
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to **LAO_LETTER_KO**, being the first character that matches. You
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can substitute spaces for underscores if you prefer.
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3. Click OK. The character map will attempt to move to the character you specified.
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