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How to Enter Text on Your Machine
- When you must enter text on your machine, a keyboard appears on the LCD.
- The characters that are available may differ depending on your country.
- The keyboard layout may differ depending on the operation you perform.
- The keyboard display may differ depending on your model.

- Press
to cycle between letters, numbers and special characters.
- Press
to cycle between lowercase and uppercase letters.
- To move the cursor to the left or right, press
or
.
- Inserting spaces
- To enter a space, press [Space] or
.
- Making corrections
- If you entered a character incorrectly and want to change it, press
or
to move the cursor to the incorrect character, and then press
. Enter the correct character.
- To insert a character, press
or
to move the cursor to the correct place, and then enter the character.
- Press
for each character you want to erase, or press and hold
to erase all the characters.
- Entering Chinese characters
- You can use Chinese characters for some of the text input to your machine. Simplified Chinese can be converted from Pinyin entry.
If [Convert] appears on the touchscreen, conversion of Pinyin to Chinese characters is available.
For example, if you want to enter " [Good 公司] ", follow the procedures:
- Press [G,o,o,d,] and then press [OK].
- Press [g,o,n,g,s,i,] and then press [Convert].
Some candidate Chinese characters and phrases will appear on the touchscreen.
- Swipe up or down, or press
or
to display "[公司]".
- Press "[公司]".
- Press [OK] to complete.
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