What is the Character map in OSX called...?

[199708]

Im after the equivalent of Character map from Windows in OSX, I'm after certain characters for a project and cannot find anything in my applications folder.

yes im still new to mac after 3months of daily use...

 

[robbieduncan]

You can do it via the Character Palette as described in this Apple help document. Although it claims to be 10.4 specific I think it holds true for 10.5 too. You may need to turn on the Input menu in System Preferences (a Google search should tell you how)...

Edit: or this hint may be of help...

 

[199708]

Thank you, managed to find it, added it to my dock.
cheers.

 

[rdowns]

You might be interested in this widget.

http://www.tacowidgets.com/widgets/characterpal/

 

[199708]

You might be interested in this widget.

http://www.tacowidgets.com/widgets/characterpal/

ta, just checked it out, has the basics, easy to use also. will play around with both palette