Small electronic memo data storage, display and recall apparatus

摘要

An improved electronic apparatus such as a so-called electronic memo or data book is disclosed. In the apparatus, a numeric string such as a telephone number can be stored together with two kinds of character strings such as a person name and a company name. The apparatus has a memory for storing a portion of data displayed on a display, and the portion of data can used as a search key in the subsequent search operation. The apparatus allows a user to easily utilize the called results of either a sequential search or a direct search in a subsequent direct search and to change the mode to a sequential search at any desired point during execution of a direct search.