Powerful Toolbox

Four Feature-Rich Tools

Keyman Desktop 8 comes equipped with four powerful tools, always close at hand in the Keyman Toolbox:

  1. The On Screen Keyboard

  2. Visual Aid

    The On Screen Keyboard visually teaches typing for a Keyman keyboard.

    Highly Adaptive

    For mnemonic layouts, the On Screen Keyboard auto-adapts to the language and layout of your hardware keyboard.

    Two Typing Options

    Type using your hardware keyboard or click on screen.

    The Keyman On Screen Keyboard

  3. The Keyboard Usage

  4. Keyboard Help

    Many keyboards include in-depth keyboard help, available in Keyboard Usage.

    Dynamic Charts

    For some of our most complex keyboards, dynamic charts in Keyboard Usage help make learning to type easy.

    The Keyboard Usage Tool for EuroLatin

  5. The Font Helper

  6. Right Font – Every Time

    Font Helper takes the stress out of finding the right font for your keyboard. Your fonts are ranked to show which ones give the best support.

    See What You're Missing

    Not only does Font Helper rank your fonts, it also shows which characters in your keyboard each font supports.

    The Keyman Font Helper

  7. The Character Map

  8. Fully Unicode 6.0

    Access every character in the newest version of the Unicode Standard from the Keyman Character Map.

    Double-Click Insert

    Insert over 109,000 letters and symbols with a double-click. Say goodbye to multi-step clipboard actions.

    Smart Search

    Search with instant feedback, by name, range, block, font, or code point, using standard wildcards.

    The Keyman Character Map

One Customisable Toolbox

The Keyman Toolbox is designed to let you work the way that suits you best:

  1. The Keyman Toolbox with Multi-Monitor Support

    Multi-Monitor

    Drag the Keyman Toolbox anywhere on your Desktop. Even your second monitor.

    The Keyman Toolbox with Multi-Monitor Support

  2. Adjustable Fonts

    Select any font for the Keyman Character Map. Then choose the font size you like.

    The Keyman Character Map with Adjustable Fonts

    The Keyman Character Map with Adjustable Fonts

    The Keyman Character Map with Adjustable Fonts

  3. Resizable Window

    Resize the Keyman Toolbox as big as you need. Fonts for the On Screen Keyboard grow automatically as you resize.

    The Keyman Toolbox is Resizable

    The Keyman Toolbox is Resizable

    The Keyman Toolbox is Resizable

    The Keyman Toolbox is Resizable

  4. Fade When Inactive

    Set the Keyman Toolbox to be transparent when inactive. You'll enjoy the Toolbox and more screen space.

    The Keyman Toolbox Fade

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Uniscribe is a part of Windows that enables the correct display of Asian and African languages. Keyman's Uniscribe Manager extends Uniscribe to improve support on Windows XP.
The Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP) refers to the portion of the Unicode code space which contains the most common scripts in use. Older computers often had trouble displaying characters that were in the Supplementary Planes and not in the BMP. Keyman Desktop enhances the availability of the Supplmentary Planes.
The Text Services Framework (TSF) is Microsoft's next-generation text input system, supported by Microsoft Word, and a number of other applications. It makes possible advanced text input systems. Keyman Desktop Professional has support for the TSF.
The Language Bar is Microsoft's tool for access to keyboard and language switching.
A mnemonic layout is a type of Keyman Desktop keyboard layout that tends to use phonetic-style input. It will dynamically rearrange to work cleanly with various European hardware keyboard layouts, including English QWERTY, French AZERTY or German QWERTZ layouts.
Normalisation is a process of ensuring text is stored consistently in your document, for instance to make sure diacritic marks are stored in a consistent way. This makes future searching or editing of text useful and straightforward.
An Input Method Editor (IME) provides an on screen interface for selecting words or phrases while typing. IMEs are commonly used with languages such as Chinese, Japanese and Korean.