Inputting Characters - Sharp PW-E420 Operation Manual

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Adjusting the LCD contrast (LCD-Kontrast)
Select this menu item to adjust the LCD contrast.
1. Press m , 9 , then 3 .
2. To adjust the LCD contrast, use the [ (Lighter) key or ] (Darker) key, then
press e to return to the main menu.

Inputting Characters

Methods of inputting characters are described in this section.
Character entry
A simple example of inputting characters is shown below.
<Example>
Enter a word 'Gefäß' for search.
1. Press
to open the input screen of Langenscheidt Deutsch-Englisch.
u
2. Type 'Gefäß'.
On the keyboard, press G , E , F ,
then ; .
Note:
• Up to 24 characters can be entered in the input field of the dictionary. When
searching for words containing 25 characters or more, narrow down the search to
select the words from the list manually.
• To enter accented or European characters, enter their unaccented or alphabetical
equivalents as shown in the examples below. It should be noted that the search
functions do not take account of accents or case.
• 'ä', 'ö' and 'ü' -> enter 'a', 'o' and 'u' respectively.
• 'é', 'à', 'û' and 'œ' -> enter 'e', 'a', 'u' and 'oe' respectively.
• Use the ; key to enter 'ß'.You can also press S S to search for 'ß'.
,
A
• While entering characters, exclude characters such as spaces, hyphens,
apostrophes, slashes, commas, periods and brackets.
<Example>
Word
car ferry
U-Bahn
o'clock
c/o
ruck, zuck
z. B.
*1
Autor(inn)en
*1
To enter the masculine form of a word, let the letters away in parentheses.
• Convert uppercase letters to lowercase. This is also applicable to the capitalized
first letter of a noun.
<Example>
Word
USA
DB
Ausweg
• Spell out the numbers in each language when applicable.
<Example>
Word
A1
France 2
Entry for search
carferry
ubahn
oclock
co
ruckzuck
zb
autorinnen
Entry for search
usa
db
ausweg
Entry for search
aone
francedeux
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