Sharp PW-AT790 User manual

Using the PW-AT790 for the first time
Insert the supplied batteries before using the PW-AT790.
1
Set the battery replacement switch
on the bottom of the unit to the “解
除” position.
2

Remove the battery cover by sliding it
in the direction indicated by the arrow.
Ribbon tab for removing
the batteries
3
Make sure the battery polarity is
correct.
• Insert the batteries over the ribbon tab,
being sure not to cover the end of the tab.
4
Insert the battery cover horizontally
to put it back in place and set the
battery replacement switch to the
“ロック” position.
5
Open the unit and press 入
／ 切to
turn on the power.
After displaying the message “Welcome to Papyrus World!”, the
calibration screen for the touch pad appears on the display (main
display).
Stylus Back of
the unit
6
Pull out the stylus from the unit.
7
Accurately touch each
center of the four “+”
characters displayed on
the display (main display).
8
Do the same to the four “+”
characters displayed on
the handwriting pad.
• When the calibration is finished, the LCD contrast adjustment
screen appears.
9
Adjust the LCD contrast of the display (main display) by
touching or on the display.
10
Adjust the LCD contrast of the handwriting pad by
touching or on the pad.
11
After these adjustments, press 検索/決定 .
The key sound (beep) on/off screen appears.
12

Press
Y
or
N
to turn the key sound on/off.
The kana entry screen appears.
13
Press Yto select alphabet character input or press N
to select Japanese input.
The battery type selection screen appears.
14
Select the battery type (“アルカリ乾電池 (alkaline dry
cell)”) using or and then press 検索/決定 .
The menu display appears.
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Selecting a content in the menu display
Press メニュー . The menu display appears.
Category menu
Select an item by pressing or
.
Individual menu
Select an item by pressing or
and then press 検索/決定 .
Or, select an item by typing 1to
9.
Menu display
(contents/functions selection
display)
Selecting a menu item
1
Press メニュー .
2
Use or to select a category menu item.
Or, use the numeric keys to enter the category number to
select the item.
The individual menu for the selected category menu item appears.
3
In the individual menu, use or to select the
content/function and then press 検索/決定 .
Or, use the numeric keys ( 1to 9) to enter the number
in front of the content/function ( 1 to 9 ).
The selected content/function screen appears.
● Contents/functions can also be selected by touching the category
and individual menus.
Touch operations
The PW-AT790 can be operated by touching the main display with the
stylus. The following touch operations are supported.
①②
Single touch:
This is the operation of lightly
touching or pressing an item or a
button on the screen and releasing it.
This operation is also used to select
a menu item.
①②
Double touch:
This is the operation of touching the
same place twice on the screen.
On the dictionary list screen, for
example, a candidate is selected by the first touch and the screen is
switched by the second touch.
Drag:
This is the operation of moving the
stylus across the screen while keeping
the stylus touched to the screen. This
operation is used to specify a text
area.
Global search function
You can search for a word in multiple contents/dictionaries.
Enter a word into any of the “日本語” (Japanese), “スペル” (English
spelling), “中国語” (Chinese),“ピンイン” (Pinyin), and “韓国語”(Korean)
fields to search within the target dictionary.
As you type, the candidates for matching narrow (filter search). If there
are still many candidates after entering the whole word, you can switch
to “exact search” to browse only the exact word you wish to have defined
(Except for the search using Pinyin).
• Japanese kanji, Chinese (Simplified characters), and Korean (Hangul)
characters have to be entered by hand.
Example: Global search for the word “advantage.”
1
Press 一括検索 .
The global search entry screen
appears.
Select the text field according the
entry character type by using
or .
2
Press and enter
“advantage” in the “スペ
ル?”
field.
As you type, the candidates for
matching narrow.
3
Press to search by
“exact search”.
The list of words corresponding
to your entry appears.
To change the entry, press to return to the filter search screen and
enter again.
4
Select the desired word using or and press
検索/決定 .
The details screen of the word appears along with its definitions.
• To return to the previous screen, press 戻る .
Preview display function
If many candidates are listed for a word and it is difficult to decide which
word is the correct one, the preview display will help you by providing a
brief note about each word.
Each time you press 機能
“プレビュー ”(preview)
while candidates are listed, the
preview display will be shown on
the bottom, shown on the right,
or turned off in this order.
(The preview display is turned
off in this screen example.)
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Layout
Display (main display)
/
touch pad
Example/explanation key
S-jump key
Volume control keys
(volume up/down)
Audio key
Escape key
Search/enter key
Handwriting pad
Page scroll keys
Function key
Power ON/OFF key
Global search key
Selection keys for
contents
Speaker
Earphone jack (side)
Character size change keys
Back space key
Clear key
Cursor key
Card slot (side)
Menu key
Backlight key
Utility keys for
dictionaries/functions
Stylus holder (side)
Card key
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Points on writing handwritten characters
Paying attention to the following points will ensure that handwritten
characters are easily recognized.
●Write each individual stroke clearly to ensure each stroke is
recognized.
●Write clearly and do not use short or conventional forms.
●Avoid writing sloping characters.
●Write lower case characters smaller to distinguish between identical-
looking upper and lower case characters. Eg. Upper case “C” and
lower case “c”, or regular “つ” and small “ っ”, etc.
●Do not press hard when writing. Write with a light touch.
Entering in 漢字源 by writing large characters
Draw the kanji on the touch pad.
1
Press メニュー and select
“漢字源” from “国語系Ⅰ”.
The criteria entry screen for 漢字
源appears.
2
At the criteria entry screen for “漢字源”, touch
大きく書いて漢字を調べる on the touch pad.
The handwriting recognition screen appears.
Handwriting area
3
Draw the kanji to search (Eg.
“福”), in the handwriting
area on the touch pad
displayed in Step 2.
The candidates for the kanji
appear in the candidate list area.
•When the manual recognition is used or when you want to have
the entry recognized soon after you finished writing, press 認識 .
4
Select the desired kanji and
press 検索/決定 .
The details screen shows
information about the kanji, as
well as its pronunciation and
definition.
Using the mark on the screen
Appearance of the
例
,
解説
,
NOTE
,
図
, or
表
mark on
the details screen indicates that more information related to the entry is
available, such as example sentences, explanations, notes, illustrations,
diagrams, and tables.
By pressing 例/解説 in screens where any of the above marks are
displayed, the mark will become inverted.
When there are multiple marks, select the desired mark by using ,
, , or . By pressing 検索/決定 , the contents are
displayed. Touching the mark itself also displays the contents.
To exit, press 戻る twice.
Listening to audio
When the mark appears, audio of the displayed information can be
played back.
Press to select the first mark, and the color of the mark is inverted.
Press , , , or to move the highlight to the desired mark
and press 検索/決定 (or touch the mark) to play back the audio.
Example: Play back the audio using “英会話とっさのひとこ
と辞典”.
1
Press メニュー , use
to select “英語系Ⅰ”, and
then use to select “英
会話とっさのひとこと辞
典”.
Press 検索/決定 until the
details screen is displayed.
2
Press and the mark
becomes inverted ( ).
Each time you press
検索/決定 , the audio
plays.
If several marks appear, press or to move the
cursor to the desired mark and press 検索/決定 .
By highlighting an English word and pressing 検索/決定 , you
can look up the word in English-Japanese dictionary and play back
the audio.
◆Press 戻る to stop the audio during play. Press 戻る and the
color of reverts to non-inverted.
◆Use 音量小 or 音量大 to first set the volume to low, then
adjust it to the desired level.
S-jump function
You can search through the contents for the definition or meaning of a
word on the details screen.
Example: Use S-jump from the ジーニアス和英辞典 screen.
1
Press 英和/和英 .
The entry/selection screen for ジーニアス英和&和英辞典 appears.
2
Press to select the
Japanese entry field, type
“あいさつ/aisatsu” and
then press 検索/決定 .
The “あいさつ” screen of the
Japanese-English dictionary
appears.
3
Press Sジャンプ .
The cursor ■appears.
• Instead of pressing Sジャンプ , if you touch or highlight words
by dragging, the function selection screen appears.
If you select “Sジャンプ（語句を別の辞書で調べます） ”, the
jump window appears.
4
Move the cursor using , , , or to the
desired word.
• English words or the word indicated by the jump mark ( ) are
selected in whole. Each time you press Sジャンプ , you can
jump to an English word, skipping Japanese.
• To select a Japanese word, you must first mark the start and end
points using the cursor or by touching the screen, or by dragging
over the word to highlight it.
Example: Marking the word “言葉”
Move the cursor “■” to the starting point “言” and press 検索/決定 .
Then press to move the cursor “■” to the end point “葉”. (If you
wish to mark a one letter word, you do not have to mark the end point.)
• To do this through touch operation, touch the starting point “言”
and drag the stylus until the end point “葉” is highlighted.
5
Press 検索/決定 .
A list of candidates appears in the
jump window.
• If the word is indicated with 
or there is only one match, the
details screen appears in the
jump window.
6
Select the desired word and then press 検索/決定 .
The details screen appears in the jump window.
7
Press 検索/決定 to jump the screen.
The details screen of the selected word appears.
• To return to the previous screen, press 戻る .
Selecting functions by touching
You can select various functions by touching the screen with the stylus, (or
highlighting by dragging).
Let’s use the Japanese-English dictionary to mark words.
1
Press 英和/和英 .
2
Enter the word (Eg. “header”) in the “スペル？ ” field, and
press 検索/決定 .
3
Touch the starting point “文”
and drag to highlight the
words up to the end point
“ど”.
4
Touch the function to execute (“マーカー（マーカーを引き
ます）
”) (mark user-selected words).
The words are marked and registered in the word dictionary.
• To select a different function such as Audio or S-jump, select the
desired function by touching it.
Entering characters using the handwriting pad
Parts and functions
The handwriting pad is set to enter characters when the cursor is in any
part of the character entry area.
[Single-frame pad]
認識 button
枠数切替 button
自動/手動 button
書き直し button
候補拡大 button
手書 / 50 音
button
Candidate list display area
Handwriting area (frame)
Character entry
type indicator
Automatic/manual
recognition indicator
スペース button
●
Pressing the
枠数切替
button switches the single-frame pad to the dual-frame pad.
Entering characters using the single-frame pad
Example: Enter a Japanese word “持つ” from a Japanese-English dictionary.
1

Press
英和/和英
.
The entry/selection screen for ジーニアス英和&和英辞典 appears.
The handwriting pad is set to the English character entry mode.
2
Press to move the cursor to the Japanese entry area.
The handwriting pad is now switched to enter kanji and kana.

3
Use the stylus to draw “持” in the handwriting area.
 
4

If the character in the entry area is not the one you desired, use
the stylus to touch and select the desired character in the list.
The character in the entry area changes.

• If you cannot find the character in the list, touch 書き直し or
press 後退 to erase it and redraw it on the pad.
5
Likewise, enter “つ” in the entry area.

6

Press
検索/決定
.
The details screen appears.
• When you start drawing, the previous entry is
confirmed and then erased.
The character shown in the candidate list display
area is also placed in the entry area so that the
dictionary search can proceed.
• When the manual recognition is used or when
you want to have the entry recognized soon after
you finished writing, press 認識 .
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