Using Windows Character Map Advanced Features

By Jacci Howard Bear, About.com Guide

Draw boxes, use dingbat characters in your text font for bullets. Seeing them in a big list of characters you may overlook some of the cool shapes in your font. With a Unicode Subrange view you can see just your arrows or just dingbats without the clutter of everything else.

1. Basic vs. Advanced View
2. Select and Copy with Tips
3. Character Sets
4. Search by Unicode
5. Search by Name
6. Group by Sub-sets
7. Group by Unicode Subranges
8. This page Drawing & Dingbat Characters
9. Currency & Numbers
10. Punctuation Characters
11. Technical Symbols & Math
12. Private Use Characters