摘要 |
PURPOSE:To omit a half size key or a reduction key, etc., by using effectively especially a KANA (Japanese syllabary)/KANJI (Chinese character) conversion key in respect of a kind of character switching device in a word processor or a personal processor, etc. CONSTITUTION:In a keyboard device provided with a mode key for the switching mode of the kind of a character and the KANA/KANJI conversion key of Japanese language, a mode storage means 4 to store a mode state and a counting means 6 to count the number of times of the operation of a character conversion key 3 are provided, and the KANA/KANJI conversion key is assigned so as to function in the mode other than, a Japanese mode so that it switches the kind of the character (including mode, character modification, font) of a character string stored in a key input buffer. |