If you know the Unicode equivalent of the character that you want to insert, you can also insert a special character directly into a document without using Character Map. Select the character in the font you select to display the Unicode identifier. You can use Character Map to search for characters by viewing the Unicode character maps that are associated with each font. Or, depending on the program you are using (such as WordPad), you can even copy characters by dragging them from Character Map directly into an open document. You can copy individual characters or a group of characters to the clipboard, and then paste them into any compatible program. Character Map displays the following character sets: You can use Character Map to view the characters that are available for a selected font. You can do this to add special characters to your documents such as a trademark or degree symbol: This article describes how to use special characters that are available through the Character Map, and how to manually type the Unicode number to insert a special character into a document.
