INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, ARTICLE SELLING DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, CHARACTER INPUT METHOD, CHARACTER INPUT COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROGRAM, AND CHARACTER INPUT COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing apparatus which easily determines whether an input mode is a KANA syllabary input mode, square-form-of-KANA syllabary input mode or alphabet input mode in response to operation of a select key.

SOLUTION: The information processing apparatus comprises: a control panel 1 including a touch sensor and a bit map display which are operated from an operator; a ten key display means for bit map display of ten key buttons 4a-4j; a first button display means for displaying a KANA select button 7; a second button display means for displaying an alphabet select button 9; and a third display means for displaying a numeral select button 10.

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