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    <title>&app; Manual</title>
    <abstract role="description">
      <para>&app; is a Unicode character map that allows you to
        select characters from a table and insert then in to a
        text string.</para>
    </abstract>
    <copyright>
      <year>2004</year>
      <holder>Sun Microsystems</holder>
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      <year>2003</year> 
      <year>2004</year>
      <holder>Chee Bin HOH</holder> 
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        <firstname>Chee Bin</firstname> 
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    <revhistory>
      <revision> 
	<revnumber>Character Map Manual V&manrevision;</revnumber> 
	<date>2004-02-26</date>
	<revdescription> 
	  <para>Updated for GNOME 2.6, program version 1.3.0.</para>
          <para role="author">Sun GNOME Documentation Team</para>
          <para role="publisher">GNOME Documentation Project</para>
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      <revision> 
	<revnumber>Unicode Character Map Manual V2.0</revnumber> 
	<date>October 2003</date> 
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          <para role="author">Chee Bin HOH
	    <email>cbhoh@gnome.org</email>
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          <para role="publisher">GNOME Documentation Project</para>
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      This manual describes version &appversion; of &app;.
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      <title>Feedback</title> 
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<!-- ============= Index ===================================== -->
  <indexterm zone="index"> 
    <primary>gucharmap</primary> 
  </indexterm> 
  <indexterm zone="index"> 
    <primary>&app;</primary> 
  </indexterm>
  <indexterm zone="index"> 
    <primary>Character Map</primary> 
  </indexterm>

<!-- ============= Document Body ============================= -->
<!-- ============= Introduction ============================== -->
  <sect1 id="gucharmap-introduction"> 
    <title>Introduction</title> 
    <para>
      The <application>&app;</application> application allows you to insert special characters into a document or a text field. <application>&app;</application> provides accented characters, mathematical symbols, special symbols, and punctuation marks. Use  <application>&app;</application> to access characters that are not available on your keyboard.
    </para>
    <para>  
      <application>&app;</application> displays all the characters are available in all of the language scripts on your system, using the Unicode character set. Unicode is a character set standard with the goal to include all of the characters that are used in all of the written languages in the world.
    </para>
  </sect1>

<!-- =========== Getting Started ============================== -->

  <sect1 id="gucharmap-getting-started"> 
    <title>Getting Started</title> 

    <sect2 id="gucharmap-start">
      <title>To Start &app;</title>
      <para>You can start <application>&app;</application> in the following ways:
      </para> 
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Accessories</guimenu><guimenuitem>Character Map</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Command line</term>
	  <listitem>
            <para>
              Execute the following command: <command>gnome-character-map</command>
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="gucharmap-when-start">
      <title>When You Start &app;</title>
      <para>When you start <application>&app;</application>, the following window is displayed.
      </para>

      <!-- ==== Figure ==== -->
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        <title>&app; Window</title> 
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          <mediaobject> 
	    <imageobject>
              <imagedata fileref="figures/gucharmap_window.png" format="PNG"/> 
            </imageobject>
	    <textobject> 
              <phrase>Shows &app; window.</phrase> 
	    </textobject> 
          </mediaobject> 
        </screenshot> 
      </figure>
      <!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->

      <!-- Include any descriptions of the GUI immediately after the screenshot of the main UI, -->
      <!-- for example, the items on the menubar and on the toolbar. This section is optional. -->

      <para>The <application>&app;</application> window contains the following elements:
      </para>
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Menubar</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              The menus on the menubar contain most of the commands that you need to work with <application>&app;</application>.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Toolbar</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              The toolbar contains a drop-down list of fonts, font style buttons, and a zoom spin box.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Display area</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              The display area contains the following components:
            </para>
            <itemizedlist>
              <listitem>
                <para><guilabel>Script</guilabel> or <guilabel>Unicode Block</guilabel> list box
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para><guilabel>Character Table</guilabel> tabbed section
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para><guilabel>Character Details</guilabel> tabbed section
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para><guilabel>Text to copy</guilabel> text box
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para><guibutton>Copy</guibutton> button
                </para>
              </listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Statusbar</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>The statusbar displays the currently selected character's Unicode code point and Unicode character name.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>

<!-- ================ Usage ================================ --> 
  <sect1 id="gucharmap-usage">
    <title>Usage</title> 
    
    <sect2 id="gucharmap-change-view">
      <title>To Change the Character-Set List</title>
      <para>
        To list the character sets by script name, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>By Script</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
      </para>
      <para>
        To list the character sets by Unicode block, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>By Unicode Block</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
      </para>
    </sect2>
    
    <sect2 id="gucharmap-create-textstring">
      <title>To Create a Text String</title>
      <para>
        To create a text string in the <guilabel>Text to copy</guilabel> field, perform the following steps:
      </para>
      <orderedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Select a character set from the <guilabel>Script</guilabel> or <guilabel>Unicode Block</guilabel> list box.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Insert characters in one of the following ways: 
          </para>
          <itemizedlist>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                Double-click on a character button in the <guilabel>Character Table</guilabel> tabbed section, to insert the character in the <guilabel>Text to copy</guilabel> field. 
              </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                Select a character button in the <guilabel>Character Table</guilabel> tabbed section, then press <keycap>Return</keycap> to insert the character in the <guilabel>Text to copy</guilabel> field. 
              </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                Select a character button in the <guilabel>Character Table</guilabel> tabbed section, then click and drag the character to the <guilabel>Text to copy</guilabel> field. 
              </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                Click on the <guilabel>Text to copy</guilabel> field to give focus to the field. If a text string is already in the field, click on the text string at the point where you want to insert the character. Press a character key on your keyboard to insert that character into the field. 
              </para>
            </listitem>
          </itemizedlist>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </sect2>

<!-- =============== To Copy and Paste a Text String ====================== -->
    <sect2 id="gucharmap-copy-textstring">
      <title>To Copy and Paste Your Text String into an Application</title>
      <para>
        To copy and paste the text string from the <guilabel>Text to copy</guilabel> field into an application, perform the following steps: 
      </para>
      <orderedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Click <guibutton>Copy</guibutton>. If none or all of the text string is selected, all of the string is copied to the clipboard. If a portion of the string is selected, only that portion is copied. 
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Switch to your application and choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem></menuchoice>,
            or press shortcut key <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>V</keycap></keycombo>.
            <!-- FIXME: link to User Guide section on working with the clipboard, once it exists --> 
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
      <para>
        When you paste the contents of the <guilabel>Text to copy</guilabel> field into other applications, the text string appears in the current character set of the application.
      </para>
      <para>
        If your text string contains non-visible characters, you can only insert the text string into applications that support the full character set.
      </para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="usage-find-character">
      <title>To Search for a Character</title>
      <para>
        To search for a character, perform the following steps:
      </para>
      <orderedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Search</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find</guimenuitem></menuchoice>,
	    or press shortcut key <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>F</keycap></keycombo>.
	    The <guilabel>Find</guilabel> dialog opens.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Enter text to search for in the <guilabel>Search</guilabel> field.
          </para>
          <itemizedlist>            
             <listitem><para>Select <guilabel>Match whole word</guilabel> to only find complete words that match your text.</para></listitem>
             <listitem><para>By default, only the character names are searched. Select <guilabel>Search in character details</guilabel> to search in other parts of a character's description, such as notes, equivalents, and approximate equivalents.</para></listitem>
          </itemizedlist>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Click <guibutton>Next</guibutton> to find the first occurrence of your text after the currently selected character. <application>&app;</application> selects the character it finds.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Click <guibutton>Next</guibutton> to find the next matching character. Alternatively, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Search</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find Next</guimenuitem></menuchoice>,
	    or press shortcut key <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>G</keycap></keycombo>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Click <guibutton>Previous</guibutton> to find the previous matching character. Alternatively, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Search</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find Previous</guimenuitem></menuchoice>,
	    or press shortcut key <keycombo><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>G</keycap></keycombo>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </sect2>
    
<!-- =============== To Browse the Character Table  ========================= -->
    <sect2 id="usage-browse-characters">
      <title>To Browse Through all Characters</title>
      <para>To browse through the character map, use the <guimenu>Go</guimenu> menu.</para>

      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
	    Next character,
	    or press shortcut key <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>N</keycap></keycombo>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
	    Previous character,
	    or press shortcut key <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>P</keycap></keycombo>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
	    Next script,
	    or press shortcut key <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Page Down</keycap></keycombo>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
	    Previous script,
	    or press shortcut key <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Page Up</keycap></keycombo>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
        
      <para>You can browse the character map by individual character, and script or by Unicode block. This depends on whether the character map is showing scripts or Unicode blocks. To change this, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>By Script</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>By Unicode Block</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
      
      <para>The following keys also work for browsing the character map:</para>
        
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Press the arrow keys on the keyboard to browse through the characters.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Press the <keycap>Page Up</keycap> and <keycap>Page Down</keycap> keys to browse through the characters page by page.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Press the <keycap>Home</keycap> key to select the first character in the Unicode sequence. To select the last character, press the <keycap>End</keycap> key.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </sect2>
    
    <sect2 id="usage-display-details">
      <title>To Display Detailed Information About a Character</title>
      <para>
        To display detailed information about a character, perform the following steps:
      </para>
      <orderedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Select a character set from the <guilabel>Script</guilabel> or <guilabel>Unicode Block</guilabel> list box. Example: <guilabel>Basic Latin</guilabel>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Select a character from the <guilabel>Character Table</guilabel> tabbed section. Example: <guilabel>B</guilabel>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Click on the <guilabel>Character Details</guilabel> tabbed section. 
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
      <para>
        The <guilabel>Character Details</guilabel> tabbed section displays the following information about the selected character:
      </para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Unicode code point
          </para>
          <para>
            Example: <guilabel>U+0042</guilabel>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Unicode character name
          </para>
          <para>
            Example: <guilabel>LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B</guilabel>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <guilabel>General Character Properties</guilabel>
          </para>
          <itemizedlist>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                Unicode category
              </para>
              <para>
                Example: <guilabel>Letter, Uppercase</guilabel>
              </para>
            </listitem>
          </itemizedlist>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <guilabel>Various Useful Representations</guilabel>
          </para>
          <itemizedlist>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                UTF-8 encoding
              </para>
              <para>
                Example: <guilabel>0x42</guilabel>
              </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                UTF-16 encoding
              </para>
              <para>
                Example: <guilabel>0x0042</guilabel>
              </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                C octal escaped UTF-8 encoding
              </para>
              <para>
                Example: <guilabel>\102</guilabel>
              </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                XML decimal entity
              </para>
              <para>
                Example: <guilabel>"&amp;#66"</guilabel>
              </para>
            </listitem>
          </itemizedlist>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <guilabel>Annotations and Cross References</guilabel>
          </para>
          <para>
            Example: <guilabel>U+212C SCRIPT CAPITAL B</guilabel>
          </para>
          <para>
            Click on the link to display the details for the referenced character.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </sect2>
    
    <sect2 id="usage-format-character">
      <title>To Change the Format of a Character</title>
      <para>
        To change the format of a character, perform any of the following steps:
      </para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            To change the font, select a font from the font drop-down list. 
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            To change the font type to bold type, click on the <guibutton>Bold</guibutton> button,
	    or press shortcut key <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>B</keycap></keycombo>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            To change the font type to italic type, click on the <guibutton>Italic</guibutton> button,
	    or press shortcut key <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>I</keycap></keycombo>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            To increase the font size, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Zoom In</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or use the zoom spin box,
	    or press shortcut key <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>+</keycap></keycombo>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            To decrease the font size, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Zoom Out</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or use the zoom spin box,
	    or press shortcut key <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>-</keycap></keycombo>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            To display normal font size, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Normal Size</guimenuitem></menuchoice>,
	    or press shortcut key <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>=</keycap></keycombo>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            To magnify the selected character, hold <keycap>Shift</keycap>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </sect2>
    
    <sect2 id="usage-format-chartable">
      <title>To Change the Format of the Character Table</title>
      <para>
        To change the format of the character table, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Snap Columns to Power of Two</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
      </para>
      <para>
        <application>&app;</application> changes the <guilabel>Character Table</guilabel> tabbed section so that the number of columns is a power of two, for example, two columns, four columns, eight columns, and so on. The number of columns depends on the size of the window and the size of the font.
      </para>
    </sect2>

  </sect1>
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