Activate/deactivate char table from menu Tools :: Char table (or Alt + A) :-)
The latter problem could be more difficult; I guess the chars over 127 would depend on your system locale, maybe also the font, or the system wide Windows option "Language of non-unicode programs" -- <http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?4,38794,38797> PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com