Windows 7 Character Map

1. Character Map Windows 7 64 Bit Free Download
2. Character Map Windows 7 Download

Universal quickest and most efficient Character Map App using DirectX and virtualization panel to make easier getting all special characters, including emoji's. Includes all Unicode characters with sections. Search characters, Font Awesome and Segoe MDL2 Assets, hold item copy options menu, and theme setting.

Character Map is a utility included with Microsoft Windowsoperating systems and is used to view the characters in any installed font, to check what keyboard input (Alt code) is used to enter those characters, and to copy characters to the clipboard in lieu of typing them.^[1]

Overview[edit]

The tool is usually useful for entering special characters.^[1] It can be opened via the command-line interface or Run command dialog using the 'charmap' command.

The Advanced view check box can be used to inspect the character sets in a font according to different encodings (code pages), including Unicode code ranges, to locate particular characters by their Unicode code point and to search for characters by their Unicode name. For Unicode fonts, the characters can be grouped by their Unicode subrange. Although the Unicode standard already extends character field to plane 16 and many codepoints of plane 1 are assigned with characters, this tool still only supports code points on plane 0 (between U+0000 and U+FFFF). Additionally, it does not display certain characters in that range for reasons unexplained.

With all versions of Windows the utility can be started by entering charmap in the Start / Run dialog box.On Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7, the utility is in All Programs → Accessories → System Tools → Character Map in the Start Menu. On Windows 10, the utility is in the Windows Accessories folder in the Start Menu. Beginning with Windows Vista, the user can also type the name of the utility in the Start Menu search box/Cortana.^[2]

The Windows NT series of operating systems from Workstation and Server 4.0 build 1381 and the Windows 9x-series from Windows 95 onwards also contain the character map, as do versions of Windows CE using a GUI based on these systems' explorer.exe, introduced with Windows 95. Another version of the character map is found in the Progman.exe-based Windows 3.11 and Windows NT 3.51.^[3]

Other operating systems[edit]

Other operating systems such as some Unix-Linux variants with GUIs, the HP-48 series graphing calculators and others also have a similar accessory.

The OS/2 analogue of the character map called the Characters Map is available from third parties for systems from OS/2 Warp 3 onwards to current ArcaOS versions.^[4] There is also a Macintosh version.

See also[edit]

• gucharmap (GNOME Character Map)
• BabelMap (includes tools for entering Chinese characters)
• Private Character Editor

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abMicrosoft. 'Using special characters (Character Map): frequently asked questions'. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
2. ^Bott, Ed; Siechert, Carl; Stinson, Craig (2007). 'Searching from the Start Menu'. Windows Vista Inside Out. Microsoft Press. pp. 264–266. ISBN978-0735622708.
3. ^http://www.robelle.com/smugbook/win3x.html
4. ^http://glass.ptv.ru/charmap.html

External links[edit]

About Alt Codes

IBM developed a method to place the characters that can not be typed by a keyboard on the screen: while keeping the Alt key down, typing the code defined for the character via the numeric keypad. The system which interprets this action and places the corresponding character at the cursor's location is BIOS.

These codes became so popular so that Microsoft, even though developed a new set of codes, decided to keep them. The new set was named ANSI(later changed to Windows codes), and the old ones called as OEM(original equipment manufacturer) code pages. Three-digit codes represent the OEM codes. Codes with a preceding 0 represent the new ANSI codes.

For the last two decades, Unicode is being adopted by many systems. After adopting Windows to Unicode, the entry of all Unicode characters by the same method was desired, and achieved by some applications, but couldn't be spread to all system. Compatibility issues with old ANSI codes prevent the entry of all Unicode characters.

• Characters produced may vary depending on the OEM Code Page setting.
• To type a character using its Alt Code value, Num lock should be on. Otherwise unwanted results may occur.
• The numeric keypad does not exist on every laptop. To use them, Numpad should be activated by pressing down the Fn key.

How to type an Alt Symbol on keyboard?

Character Map Windows 7 64 Bit Free Download

For example, let's type a degree symbol by using its Alt Code value on the keyboard.

• Make sure you switch on the NumLock,
• press and hold down the Alt key,
• type the Alt Code value of the degree symbol 0176 on the numeric pad,
• release the Alt key and you got a ° degree symbol.

** Above mentioned procedure is not aplicable for MacOS.

Character Map Windows 7 Download

For more information on how to use symbols, emojis please check our How to use Alt-Codes? page.