Sony Ericsson Xperia SO-03d, Instruction Manual

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56 Before Using the Terminal
You can use the software keys arranged
according to the Japanese syllabary to enter
Japanese characters in "Kana input" mode.
The main functions of the touch-keys
･
To change character modes and other input
operations, tap the following icons on the
Japanese syllabary keyboard.
Entering characters on the
Japanese syllabary keyboard
Icon Function
/ Each time you tap, the character mode
switches "Hiragana/Kanji"
→
"Alphanumeric" in order and a status
icon,
→
/ / / / /
appears in the status bar.
/
Touch and
hold
Display a pop-up window.
/ / / : Keyboard switch
(two-byte)/ (one-byte) :
Character mode switch
: Display the setting screen for
Japanese keyboard
: Display plug-in applications list
: Hide the software keyboard
Appears in Hiragana/Kanji input mode.
Switch upper/lower case or add voiced
sound/semi-voiced sound.
/ Each time you tap, the character mode
switches "Hiragana/Kanji/alphabets"
→
"Number" in order and a status icon,
/ , etc.
→
/ appears in the
status bar.
/
Touch and
hold
Display a one-byte/two-byte symbol list
to enter them. Switch tabs to display
smiley list to enter them. (a pictogram
tab and deco-mail tab are also displayed
when entering in sp-mode mail.)
Move the cursor
*1
: To the left.
Touch and hold to move continuously.
Or change the range for conversion.
Move the cursor
*1
: To the right.
Touch and hold to move continuously.
Or change the range for conversion.
When there is an unfixed character string
with the cursor at the right end, tap to
enter the same character as the one at
the end.
*2
Fix entered or converted characters.
When characters are already fixed, enter
a line feed at the cursor position.
Delete the character before the cursor.
Touch and hold to delete continuously.
When any character is entered or after
entered character is fixed, a space can be
entered. Touch and hold to input spaces
continuously.
Enter characters by voice. A candidate
list appears. Tap the character string you
want to enter.
/
/
In alphanumerics input mode, tap to
switch capitalization/upper case/lower
case or switch allocated symbols.
Icon Function