Character Map (Windows)

Character Map
Other namescharmap.exe
Developer(s)Microsoft
Operating systemWindows NT 3.1
Windows NT 3.5
Windows NT 3.51
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Windows 11
PlatformIA-32, x86-64 and ARM (and historically DEC Alpha, Itanium, MIPS, and PowerPC)
TypeCharacter map

Character Map is a utility included with Microsoft Windows operating systems and is used to view the characters in any installed font, to check what keyboard input (Alt code) is used to enter those characters, and to copy characters to the clipboard in lieu of typing them.[1] Other operating systems have apps which do the same things that Character Map does; for example, Apple MacOS Character Viewer (formerly Character Palette).[2]

  1. ^ Microsoft. "Using special characters (Character Map): frequently asked questions". Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  2. ^ "Character Viewer in Macintosh". Symbol Codes. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2021.