Features
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License:
Free to try; $29.99 to buy
- Editor's Rating:
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
9,340
- Operating Systems:
Mac OS X 10.5, Mac OS X 10.5 Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 Intel, Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.5 PPC, Mac OS X 10.4 Server, Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
- Additional Requirements:
No additional requirements
- Limitations:
Some characters disabled
- Date Added:
April 20, 2009
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Previous Versions:
Publisher's description of PopChar X
PopChar is a utility application that lets you insert special characters, accented letters, umlauts, etc. from all installed fonts into your documents. You never need to search for and remember keystrokes any longer. Just pop up the PopChar window, click the desired character, and the character appears in your current document. If a font contains Unicode characters, you can see all of them, neatly arranged in the standard Unicode categories. Features. Simple to use, just click and select, Iinserts accented characters, foreign letters and any other character from all installed fonts, Automatic Font Detection, Full Unicode support, Character Search Function, Various Insertion Options, Insertion of HTML Symbols, Recent Characters View, Displays the keystrokes needed to create selected characters, Automatically starts at login.
Editor's review of PopChar X
stars
- "Find your favorite characters"
- Reviewed on: May 27, 2009
- Version reviewed: PopChar X 4.2
PopChar has been around since nearly the dawn of time, at least in terms of the Mac OS. PopChar started as a Turbo Pascal-based substitute for Key Caps, created on a Mac Plus way back in 1987. Its core functionality remains the same today, helping users insert unusual characters directly into documents--choosing from an increasingly arcane array of strange and foreign symbols, across thousands of Unicode-supported characters, all without having to learn any difficult key combinations.
Similar to the built-in Character Palette and Keyboard Viewer in OS X, PopChar X is accessed from your menu bar, but it offers an easier interface and many more options than these built-in tools. PopChar X auto-detects your current font, gives you a powerful search function across font boundaries, offers a variety of input methods, inserts HTML symbols, and more. Unfortunately, given the strength of the Euro and the fact that similar (if limited) functionality is already available in OS X, this Austrian app is probably too expensive for most non-European users. For anyone who uses the features of PopChar X frequently, however, it may still be a good value.
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