User's Manual Part 3

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Character Entry
The FOMA phone is provided with many functions that
require to enter characters such as when creating the
Phonebook or composing mail messages.
On the Character Entry (Edit) display, the information of
character input method, input mode, and the remaining
number of characters and others are displayed.
 Character input method
： Mode 2 (2-touch)
： Mode 3 (NIKO-touch)
p Not displayed in Mode 1 (5-touch).
 Input mode
abc ： Alphabet input mode
123
： Numeral input mode
漢： Kanji/Hiragana input mode
カナ ： Katakana input mode
 Full/Half-pitch
1
/
1
： Full-pitch input mode
1
/
2
： Half-pitch input mode
 Remaining/Maximum bytes that can be entered
p “Number of entered characters” might be displayed
depending on the function.
Three types of character input methods are available as
shown below:
Mode 1 (5-touch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See page 356
Multiple characters are assigned to a single key. Each time
you press the key, characters switch.
Mode 2 (2-touch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See page 362
Enter characters by pairs of numerals.
Mode 3 (NIKO-touch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See page 362
Enter characters by pairs of numerals.
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m Settings  Other settings
 Character input method  Input mode
 Put a check mark for modes to be used
l ()
p Select at least two modes.
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Select a priority mode.
p Select a mode you use preferentially from modes
selected in step 1.
Character Entry
Entering Characters
Character Entry Display
+m-3-5
Select Character Input Method
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■ Switching modes on the Character Entry (Edit) display
Press and hold l ( ) for at least one second, or
select “Char. input/dict.” and then select “Change input
mode” from the Function menu.
In the step for entering characters, press l () to
switch input modes. You might not be able to switch to
some modes depending on the function you enter.
You can enter characters by using Prediction
Conversion which converts the entered few words into
the predicted ones and Context Forecast which
displays the next conversion candidates inferred from
the relation between words.
p The FOMA phone increases prediction conversion candidates
and context forecast candidates by learning characters.
<Example> Enter “ タダの菓子 ” into a text memo.
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m Stationery  Text memo
 Select <Not recorded>.
The Character Entry (Edit) display appears in prediction
conversion mode when “Predict” is set to “ON”, and
appears in ordinary conversion mode when set to “OFF”.
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Enter hiragana characters in Kanji/Hiragana
input mode.
た→ Press 4 once and Vo once.
だ→ Press 4 once and a once.
の→ Press 5 five times.
か→ Press 2 once.
し→ Press 3 twice.
p You can enter up to 24 characters at a time. However,
when “Predict” is set to “ON”, if you enter 6 or more
characters, the conversion mode is automatically
switched to the ordinary conversion mode.
p When a character on the same key comes after a
character, press
Vo to move the cursor, and enter the
next character.
If you set “Character set time”, you can omit the
operation to move the cursor.
p To switch between uppercase and lowercase, press
d after you have entered characters.
p Each time you press c ( ), characters are
displayed in reverse order.
p If you set “Predict” to “ON”, each time you press l ,
ordinary conversion mode and prediction conversion
mode switch.
p You can press i ( ) to display the candidate list
of alphanumeric or katakana characters. Depending on
the entered character, the conversation candidates for
date/time are displayed.
p To fix the character as it is without conversation, press
Oo ().
p By pressing m ()/ c ( ), you can scroll
the candidate list page by page.
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Use Co to move the cursor onto “ の ”.
p The conversion mode is automatically switched to the
ordinary conversion mode.
Mode 1 (5-touch)
Entering Characters in Mode 1
(5-touch)
Enter Characters
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