Entering characters
FOMA terminal has many functions such as
phonebook and i-mode Mail that require entering
characters.
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There are "5-touch Input Method" and "Slot Input
Method" for entering characters.
In 5-touch Input Method, several characters are
assigned to each key and at each press, the
character switches. ☛P427
In Slot Input Method, select characters from the
upper and lower slots on the input board. ☛P412
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The character types which can be entered varies
by each method:
○: Available ×: Unavailable − : No character
Input method 5-touch Input
One-
Character type
byte
Hiragana/kanji
ー
Katakana
○
Alphabets
○
Numeric
○
Symbols
○
Pictograms
ー
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There are 2 character types: one-byte characters
and two-byte characters. 1 two-byte character, 1
two-byte blank or line feed is counted as 2 one-
byte characters. For one-byte characters, voiced
sound and semi-voiced sound characters are also
counted as 1 character.
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Use KUTEN Code Input to enter characters
whose readings you do not know.
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JIS level 1 and level 2 characters can be entered.
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Complex characters may be displayed in a
changed or simplified form.
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In this manual, to enter characters including the
operation of pressing o is referred to as "enter".
Character entry screen
There are 2 types of character entry methods:
"full-screen entry" and "in-line entry".
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Some entry fields may only be able to use either
character entry method.
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When pasted characters or fixed phrases are
entered exceedingly, they are truncated and fit to
the input characters limit.
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Slot Input
Method
Method
Two-
One-
Two-
byte
byte
byte
○
ー
○
○
○
×
○
○
×
○
○
×
○
○
○
○
ー
○
Full-screen entry
Highlight the entry field and press o to display the
full-screen entry area.
Input area
In-line entry
Highlight the entry field and press 0 to 9, (
and # to enable character entry directly. In hiragana
or two-byte katakana mode, the character is fixed by
pressing o.
The guide row for the
character entry
Character entry screen submenu
Press m on the character entry screen. The
following operations are enabled. However, the
submenu is not displayed before the character is fixed.
Copy characters ☛P410
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Cut characters ☛P410
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Paste copied/cut characters ☛P410
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Save words ☛P410
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Save fixed phrases ☛P409
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Set the input method ☛P413
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Quote Phonebook data, Own Number data, result
of calculation with Calculator or data read by Bar
Code Reader (Items displayed varies by the entry
field) ☛P408
Enter pictograms and symbols ☛P408
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Enter face marks and fixed phrases ☛P407
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Enter KUTEN code ☛P410
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Input mode
Shows no further entry can
be made
Cursor (blinking at entry
position)
Use O to move the
cursor.
Guide row