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Easy Unicode Paster - adding exotic characters to a page
Posted by ClifNotes, Nov 2008, permalink Word Processing
In the past, I've tried a couple of other mini-apps that allow you to paste in commonly used Unicode characters that are needed by those who occasionally type in non-English languages.
I saw Easy Unicode Paster and I thought it would offer another nice way to paste in accented characters and symbols. I was wrong or maybe I was too lazy to figure it out. I found that this application didn't offer nearly as much utility as using the simple charmap tool that comes with every Windows system.
I did like easy way you could set the program hot-key so that it would pop up when needed. I also like the fact that it's an Open Source and portable application. On the downside, once it was open, I most often saw only a whole bunch of "boxes" instead of characters. Locating the proper characters I wanted to use was pretty much hit and miss.
If you need a tool to paste in accented characters, I recommend AllChars or Accenter. Otherwise, just hit the Windows button and use the Run box to type in the word "charmap". I think you'll find that it works in many cases where needed.
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Quote from the website
• The easiest to use unicode paster around.
• It pastes unicode characters directly into the application you are working with. No messing around with the clipboard!
• Easy Unicode Paster does not take focus away from the application you are working with when you click a button to insert a unicode character. No screen flickering or flip flopping like you have to do with MANY other unicode character programs.
• The program saves it's window size and position upon exiting so that it will open at the same spot and with the same size the next time you run it.
• Simple, clean interface. No confusion about what is what.
• Change the size and font of the buttons to suit your needs.
• Over 100 different character sets are included!
• Easily create your own Easy Unicode Paster character sets by editing working off the "Example Character Set.ini" file included in the "Character Set" folder.
• The character sets will be updated, refined, and annotated as the project moves forward.
• Open source and free. Developed and maintained by the author (Eric Wong) as a free service.
• Superb end user support at the Official Support Forum.
Website:
http://easyunicodepaster.wikidot.com/
