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  <title>Manual de la paleta de caractèrs</title>
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    <para>Character Palette provides a convenient way to access characters that are
      not on your keyboard, such as accented characters, mathematical symbols,
      special symbols, and punctuation marks.</para>
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    <year>2005</year>
    <holder>Davyd Madeley</holder>
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    <year>2004</year>
    <holder>Angela Boyle</holder>
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       <firstname>Sun</firstname>
       <surname>Còla de documentacion de GNOME</surname>
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	 <orgname>Sun Microsystems</orgname>
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       <firstname>Dan</firstname>
       <surname>Mueth</surname>
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       <email>d-mueth@uchicago.edu</email>
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   <revhistory>
     <revision>
       <revnumber>Version 2.10</revnumber>
       <date>Març de 2005</date>
       <revdescription>
         <para role="author">Davyd Madeley</para>
       </revdescription>
     </revision>
     <revision>
       <revnumber>Version 2.8</revnumber>
       <date>Desconegut</date>
       <revdescription>
	 <para role="author">Angela Boyle</para>
	 <para role="publisher">Projècte de documentacion de GNOME</para>
       </revdescription>
     </revision>
		<revision> 
		  <revnumber>Character Palette Applet Manual V2.6</revnumber>
		  <date>Agost de 2004</date> 
		  <revdescription> 
			 <para role="author">Sun Microsystems</para>
			 <para role="publisher">Projècte de documentacion de GNOME</para>
		  </revdescription>
		</revision>
		<revision> 
		  <revnumber>Character Palette Applet Manual V2.4</revnumber>
		  <date>Agost de 2003</date> 
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			 <para role="author">Sun Microsystems</para>
			 <para role="publisher">Projècte de documentacion de GNOME</para>
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		</revision>
		<revision> 
		  <revnumber>Character Palette Applet Manual V2.3</revnumber>
		  <date>Octòre de 2002</date> 
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			 <para role="author">Sun Microsystems</para>
			 <para role="publisher">Projècte de documentacion de GNOME</para>
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		<revision> 
		  <revnumber>Character Palette Applet Manual V2.2</revnumber>
		  <date>Agost de 2002</date> 
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			 <para role="author">Sun Microsystems</para>
			 <para role="publisher">Projècte de documentacion de GNOME</para>
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		  <revnumber>Character Palette Applet Manual V2.1</revnumber>
		  <date>Julhet de 2002</date> 
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			 <para role="author">Sun Microsystems</para>
			 <para role="publisher">Projècte de documentacion de GNOME</para>
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		  <revnumber>Character Palette Applet Manual V2.0</revnumber>
		  <date>Març de 2002</date> 
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			 <para role="author">Sun Microsystems</para>
			 <para role="publisher">Projècte de documentacion de GNOME</para>
		  </revdescription>
		</revision>
		<revision> 
		  <revnumber>Character Picker Applet</revnumber>
		  <date>2000</date> 
		  <revdescription> 
			 <para role="author">Dan Mueth <email>d-mueth@uchicago.edu</email></para>
			 <para role="publisher">Projècte de documentacion de GNOME</para>
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	 <releaseinfo>This manual describes version 2.9.7 of Character Palette.
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  <indexterm> <primary>Paleta de caractèrs</primary> </indexterm> 

<!-- ============= Document Body ============================= -->
<!-- ============= Introduction ============================== -->
  <sect1 id="charpick-introduction"> 
	 <title>Introduccion</title> 
       <!-- ==== Figure ============================================= -->
	 <figure id="applet-fig"> 
		<title>Paleta de caractèrs</title>
		<screenshot> 
		  <mediaobject> 
			 <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/charpalette_applet.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
			 <textobject> <phrase>Paleta de caractèrs</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject>
		</screenshot>
	 </figure> 
       <!-- ==== End of Figure ======================================= -->
       <para>The <application>Character Palette</application> provides
       a convenient way to access characters that are not on your keyboard,
       such as accented characters, mathematical symbols, special symbols,
       and punctuation marks. You can insert characters from the applet
       into text strings, for example in text documents or at the command
       line.  You can customize the contents of the applet to suit your
       requirements.</para>
       <para><application>Character Palette</application> supports the UTF-8 character
       encoding so you can use the palette to display or copy any Unicode
       character.</para>

       <sect2 id="charpick-introduction-add">       
         <title>To Add Character Palette to a Panel</title>
	 <para>To add <application>Character Palette</application> to a panel,
	 right-click on the panel, then choose <guimenuitem>Add to
	 Panel</guimenuitem>.  Select <application>Character Palette</application>
	 in the <application>Add to the panel</application> dialog, then
	 click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
       </sect2> 
  </sect1>
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  <sect1 id="charpick-usage"> 
	 <title>Getting Characters</title>
	 <para>When you add <application>Character Palette</application> to a panel for the first time, the application displays a default palette of characters. You can select a character from the default palette, or you can select a character from predefined palettes of characters. Each predefined palette of characters is associated with a standard character on your keyboard. </para>
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	 <sect2 id="charpick-charselect"> 
		<title>To Select a Character</title>
		<para>To select a character from the palette and insert the character into a text string, perform the following steps: </para>
		  <orderedlist> 
		    <listitem><para>In the palette, click on the character that
		    you require. The character button is pressed in to indicate
                    that the character is selected.</para></listitem>
                    <listitem>
                      <para>Point to the location in an application where you
                      want to put the character and middle-click to insert the
                      character. You can also paste the character into the
                      application if the application allows you to paste from
                      the clipboard.</para>
                      <para>You can repeat the insertion using middle-click as
                      many times as you want until you either deselect the
                      character or select text in another application.  You can
                      continue pasting the character from the clipboard until
                      you either deselect the character or copy to the
                      clipboard from another application.</para>
                    </listitem>
                </orderedlist>
                <para>To deselect the character, click it again or click
                another character.</para>
                <note><para>Some applications may not allow you to paste
                certain characters.</para></note>
	 </sect2> 
	 <sect2 id="charpick-display-chargroup"> 
		<title>To Display a Predefined Palette of Characters</title>
		<para>You can change the characters that are displayed in the application from the default palette to a predefined palette of characters. To display a palette of predefined characters, perform the following steps: </para>
		  <orderedlist> 
			 <listitem> 
				<para>Click on the <guibutton>Available palettes</guibutton> button on the application, the down arrow on the left. </para>
			 </listitem>
			 <listitem> 
				<para>Click on the palette that you want to display. </para>
			 </listitem>
		  </orderedlist>
		<para>You can select the character that you require from the palette of characters that is displayed in the application, then insert the character into your text string.
		</para>
	</sect2>
	<sect2 id="charpick-charkeys">
		<title>Characters' Keys</title>
		<para>The following chart lists keyboard characters and their associated groups of characters. The keyboard characters are listed in the first column of each section in the chart. The character groups that are associated with each keyboard character are shown in the other columns. </para>
		<figure id="charpick-characters"> 
		  <title>Character Groups Associated With Keyboard Keys</title>
		  <screenshot> 
			 <mediaobject> 
				<imageobject> 
				  <imagedata fileref="figures/charpick_characters.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
				<textobject> <phrase>Shows character groups associated
				with various keyboard keys. </phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject>
		  </screenshot>
		</figure> 

	 </sect2> 
    


  </sect1>
<!-- ============= Preferences ============================= -->
  <sect1 id="charpick-prefs"> 
	 <title>Customizing Character Palette</title>
	<figure id="fig-prefs"> 
	  <title>Preferéncias de la paletas de caractèrs</title>
	  <screenshot> 
	  <mediaobject> 
	   <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/charpick-preferences.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
	<textobject> <phrase>Preferéncias de la paletas de caractèrs</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject>
		</screenshot>
	 </figure> 
	<sect2 id="charpicks-prefs-prefs">
		<title>Configurar las paletas</title>
	 	<para>To configure <application>Character Palette</application>, right-click on the applet, then choose <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem>. The <guilabel>Character Palette Preferences</guilabel> dialog contains the <guilabel>Palettes</guilabel> list box, which lists the palettes that are available from the applet. To close the <guilabel>Character Palette Preferences</guilabel> dialog, click <guibutton>Close</guibutton>.</para>
		<itemizedlist>
			<listitem><para>To add a new palette to the applet, click on the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button. See <xref linkend="charpick-default-new"/> for more information. </para></listitem>
			<listitem><para>To delete a palette from the applet, select the palette, then click on the <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> button.</para></listitem>
			<listitem><para>To modify a palette, select the palette, then click on the <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> button. Modify the palette in the <guilabel>Edit Palette</guilabel> dialog, then click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para></listitem>
		</itemizedlist>
	</sect2>
	 <sect2 id="charpick-default-new"> 
		<title>Setting Up a New Palette of Characters</title>
		<para>You can use a character selection application such as <application>Character Map</application> to set up a new palette of characters. For example, to create a new palette with <application>Character Map</application>, perform the following steps: </para>
		<orderedlist> 
		  <listitem> 
			 <para>Right-click on the applet, then choose <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem>. The <guilabel>Character Palette Preferences</guilabel> dialog is displayed.</para>
		  </listitem>
		  <listitem> 
			 <para>Click on the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button and the <guilabel>Add Palette</guilabel> dialog is displayed.</para>
		  </listitem>
		  <listitem> 
			 <para>Open <application>Character Map</application>, then select the characters that you want to display in the new palette.  You can select up to 25 characters. </para>
		  </listitem>
		  <listitem> 
			 <para>Copy the contents of the <guilabel>Text to copy</guilabel> text box from <application>Character Map</application> to the <guilabel>Palette</guilabel> text box in the <guilabel>Add Palette</guilabel> window. </para>
		  </listitem>
		  <listitem> 
			 <para>Clicatz sus <guibutton>Validar</guibutton>.</para>
		  </listitem>
		</orderedlist>
		<para><application>Character Palette</application> adds the new palette of characters to the list of available palettes.</para>
	 </sect2>
  </sect1>
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