User's Guide

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Before Using the Terminal
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Information
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When a certain time is passed after the key tapped,
the tapped key's highlighter goes off and you can
enter a character assigned to the same key
consecutively without tapping .
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To switch upper/lower case or change to
voiced/semi-voiced sound, tap .
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Multitap text input is available by default.
You can cancel by the following
operation beforehand.
a
From the Home screen, tap
t
and
tap [Settings].
b
Tap [Language & keyboard]
→
[Xperia
™
Japanese keyboard]
→
[On-
screen keyboard settings].
c
Unmark [Multitap text input]
checkbox.
Use the QWERTY keyboard to enter Japanese
characters in "Romaji input" mode.
The main functions of the touch-keys
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To change character modes and other input
operations, tap the following icons on the
QWERTY keyboard.
Entering characters on the
QWERTY 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
/ Each time you tap, the character mode
switches "Hiragana/Kanji/alphabets"
→
"Number/symbol" in order and a status
icon, / , etc.
→
/ appears
in the status bar.