511
Entering
Characters
■
About the remaining number of characters and the number of entered characters
The number of characters in the Character Entry (Edit) display is counted according to the following rules:
In the Character Entry (Edit) display for each function, “
” (End mark) is inserted to the end of characters that
you can enter for that function, so let the end mark be an estimate for entering.
●
One half-pitch character is counted as one byte and one full-pitch character as two bytes.
●
One full-pitch character applies to two half-pitch characters.
Full pitch:
あいうえお
5 characters (counted as 10 bytes)
Half pitch:
ｱｲｳｴｵｶｷｸｹｺ
10 characters (counted as 10 bytes)
■
About the combination of characters
Pay attention to the combination of characters when entering characters.
<Example> When you are entering “
ﾄﾞｺﾓ
” in Half-pitch Katakana input mode and “
の携帯電話
” in Kanji/Hiragana input mode
ト ゛ コ モ の 携 帯 電 話
(9 characters appear on the display)
１ １ １ １ ２ ２ ２ ２ ２
(Counted as 14 bytes, 14 half-pitch characters)
●
“
゛
” and “
゜
” for half-pitch character are counted as one character.
One full-pitch character is counted as two half-pitch characters.
■
About scrolling
In the Character Entry (Edit) display, use
to scroll line by line and
to scroll page by page.
In the Kanji Conversion Candidate List, use
to scroll line by line and
or
to scroll page by page.
▲
The following three input methods are available:
●
Mode 1 (5-touch) (See page 512)
Multiple characters are assigned for a key and each time you press the key, these characters are
switched.
●
Mode 2 (2-touch) (See page 513)
Input method that you enter characters by pairs of digits.
●
Mode 3 (T9 input method) (See page 514)
Each time you press a key, the character candidates assigned for that key are displayed so that you
can select the character you want.
Select Input Method
Setting at purchase
Input mode ·····················All checked
Prior mode ······················Mode 1 (5-touch)
Other settings Character input method Input mode
Put check marks for the modes to be used
(
)
●
“
” and “
” switch each time you press
.
●
Select two modes at least.
1
Select a mode to be used with priority
●
You cannot select the mode you did not select in step 1.
2
■
How to switch modes in the Character Entry (Edit) display
In the Character Entry (Edit) display, you can switch modes in the following two methods:
●
Press and hold
(
) for at least one second.
Each time you press it, the mode switches to the mode selected in step 1 in the order of mode1
→
mode2
→
mode3
→
mode1 in
sequence.
●
From the Character Entry (Edit) display, press
(
) to select “CHG input method” from the Function menu, then you can
select the mode. (See page 523)
