# XMLmind XML Editor - Online Help

## 6. Character tool

Click on a character to insert it at caret position in current document view.

The form above the character table can be used to select the range displayed by the character table.

The size of this range is 256 characters.

A range is identified by the Unicode code of its first character. This code is displayed in hexadecimal notation (example: "`0x2700`" for the dingbats range) but can be input in decimal notation (example: "`9984`") or in octal notation (example: "`023400`").