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title: The Keyman Text Editor
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---
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The Keyman Text Editor is a basic text editor for testing your Keyman
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keyboards.
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**Note:** You do not need to use the Keyman Text Editor to type with Keyman. You can use Keyman in almost any application on your computer that accepts keyboard input.
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## Opening the Text Editor
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To open the Keyman Text Editor:
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1. Click on the Keyman icon , on the
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Windows Taskbar near the clock.
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2. From the Keyman menu, select Text Editor….
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## Using the Text Editor
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To use the Keyman Text Editor:
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1. Open Text Editor.
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2. Turn on a Keyman keyboard.
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3. Start typing.
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When you select a Unicode Keyman keyboard, the Text Editor brings up a
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font panel. This font panel behaves like the [Font Helper
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tool](toolbox/font-helper) in the Keyman Toolbox. Each font listed in the
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panel includes a percentage value. This value indicates how many
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characters in the current Keyman keyboard are available from the font.
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Most of the time, fonts with greater than 90% coverage will work for
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nearly all texts.
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You can select a font from the font dropdown menu or by clicking on the
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link for the font in the font panel.
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## Related Topics
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- [Getting Started with Keyman](../start/tutorial)
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- [Keyboard Task - Turn on a Keyboard](select-keyboard)
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