CopyPasteCharacter: Easily copy special symbols/characters and paste them anywhere you like

January 4, 2012 28 Email article | Print article

Unicode is a beauty. With over a 100,000 characters to its name, Unicode not only enables use of non-Latin character languages but it also enables users to use special characters and symbols like, say, a snowman. The problem is many of these special characters and symbols are often hard to type with a normal keyboard, requiring users to know the trick involved with each one. Well CopyPasteCharacter will have none of that.

CopyPasteCharacter is a website that does one simple thing: It allows users to copy special characters/symbols to Windows clipboard, after which users can paste the characters/symbols wherever they like. Do take note, though, many of characters/symbols will only work where Unicode is supported.

Using CopyPasteCharacter is very easy:

  • Visit their website.
  • Click on the character/symbol you want to copy.
  • Paste it wherever you want.

Users that want to copy multiple characters at one time can hold the alt key on their keyboard and click on multiple characters/symbols; all characters and symbols clicked on while holding the alt key are copied to Windows clipboard together.

These are all the characters/symbols CopyPasteCharacter supports:

Furthermore

  • Users that decide they no longer want the copied character(s)/symbol(s) can clear Windows clipboard by clicking on Clear located at the top:

  • The special characters/symbols can be copied in their HTML format. Users that want the HTML format need to click on As HTML in the top bar:

Clicking on As Text gets you back to text format.

  • There is an iPhone app available from iTunes for you iPhone users. I don’t know if its a free app or not – bloody iTunes website won’t let me view the app without downloading iTunes.

You can access CopyPasteCharacter from the following link:

Browsers supported: All browsers that run Flash

CopyPasteCharacter homepage

28 Comments »

  1. Casey January 7, 2011 at 2:35 PM (comment permalink) -
  2. ebony January 5, 2012 at 4:17 AM (comment permalink) -

    @Robert:

    Thanks for the tip on Windows’ “Character Map”.

    What quick launch do you use. I am looking for something that is not so cumbersome. Have tried several but still not satisfied.

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  3. Rob (Down Under) January 5, 2012 at 4:53 AM (comment permalink) -

    @ebony:
    Different Robert.
    If you describe your desires, I may have one that fits your needs.
    EG -
    - Launch programs, Open files, open web pages(from URL)
    - When minimized it only has a SysTray Icon
    - Single Left click of that sysTray Icon, shows the Form
    - etc

    For your web links, would you be interested in an application where you can store all your web shortcuts.
    You can create Folders in the left list (similar to Windows Explorer’s left list)
    You can have sub folders (sub categories).
    And then you create your web shortcut in those folders. (Name, URL, Description if you want one)
    It resides in the SysTray, and a single left click shows the Form. Double click the URL to launch it.

    Rob

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