# &applet; Applet Manual V&manrevision;

## Introduction

### &applet; Applet

Shows Character Palette applet.

The &applet; applet provides a convenient way to access non-standard characters, such as accented characters, mathematical symbols, special symbols, and punctuation marks. You can insert characters from the applet into text strings, for example in text documents or at the command line. You can customize the contents of the applet to suit your requirements. &applet; supports the ISO-8859-1 (Latin 1) character set specification, which covers most European languages.

To add &applet; to a panel, right-click on the panel, then choose Add to Panel Utility Character Palette .

## Usage

When you add &applet; to a panel for the first time, the applet displays a default list of characters. You can select a character from the default list, or you can select a character from predefined groups of characters. Each predefined group of characters is associated with a standard character on your keyboard.

### To Select a Character

To select a character from the applet and insert the character into a text string, perform the following steps:

1. In the applet, click on the character that you require. The character button is pressed in to indicate that the character is selected.

2. Point to the location in an application where you want to put the character and middle-click to insert the character. You can also paste the character into the application if a paste facility is available. You can repeat the insertion as many times as you want because the character remains selected until you click on another character in the applet.

Some applications do not support the full ISO-8859-1 character set specification. You cannot insert unsupported characters into an application.

### To Display a Predefined Group of Characters

You can change the characters that are displayed in the applet from the default list to a predefined group of characters.

To display a group of predefined characters, perform the following steps:

1. Click on any character in the default list to activate the applet.

2. Press the keyboard character that is associated with the group of characters that you want to display. For example, press the A key to display the group of characters in the following figure.

   #### Character Group Associated With the A Key

   Shows the character group associated with the "A" key.

You can select the character that you require from the group of characters in the applet, then insert the character into your text string.

The following chart lists keyboard characters and their associated groups of characters. The keyboard characters are listed in the first column of each section in the chart. The character groups that are associated with each keyboard character are shown in the other columns.

#### Character Groups Associated With Keyboard Keys

Shows character groups associated with various keyboard keys.

### To Return to the Default List

To return to the current default character list click on any character in the applet, then press the D key.

### To Set Up a New Default List

You can use a character selection application such as Character Map to set up a new default list. For example, to create a new default list with Character Map, perform the following steps:

1. Right-click anywhere on the applet, then select Preferences.

2. In the Character Palette Preferences dialog, select the contents of the Default character list text box, then press Back Space to delete the current default list.

3. Open Character Map, then select the characters you want for your new default list. You can select up to 25 characters.

4. Copy the contents of the Text to copy text box from Character Map to the Default character list text box.

5. Click Close.

## Preferences

To configure &applet;, right-click on the applet, then choose Preferences. The Character Palette Preferences dialog contains the Default character list text box. Use this text box to specify your own default character list. See charpick-default-new for more information.