# &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 UTF-8 encoding so you can use the applet to display or copy any UTF-8 character.

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 palette of characters. You can select a character from the default palette, or you can select a character from predefined palettes of characters. Each predefined palette 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 allow you to paste non-standard characters into the application.

### To Display a Predefined Palette of Characters

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

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

1. Click on the Available palettes button on the applet.

2. Click on the palette that you want to display.

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

### To Set Up a New Palette of Characters

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

1. Click on the Available palettes button on the applet.

2. Select the Add a palette option from the drop-down list. The Add Palette dialog is displayed.

3. Open Character Map, then select the characters that you want to display in the new palette. You can select up to 25 characters.

4. Copy the contents of the Text to copy text box from Character Map to the Palette text box.

5. Click OK.

&applet; adds the new palette of characters to the list of available palettes.

## Preferences

To configure &applet;, right-click on the applet, then choose Preferences. The Character Palette Preferences dialog contains the Palettes list box, which lists the palettes that are available from the applet.

To add a new palette to the applet, click on the Add button. See charpick-default-new for more information.

To delete a palette from the applet, select the palette, then click on the Delete button.

To modify a palette, select the palette, then click on the Properties button.

To close the Character Palette Preferences dialog, click Close.