See page E-25 for a complete list of illustrations that are available.
User Characters
You can create up to four user characters and store them in memory. You can
create a character from scratch, or you can use an existing character or
symbol as a basis for creating a new character.
User character drawing techniques
The following describes the basic techniques for drawing on the user character
screen.
∑To move the cursor
Use u, i, t and y to move the cursor around the screen.
FUNC t and FUNC y makes the cursor jump to the far left or far right of the
screen (when ”CON” is not highlighted).
FUNC u and FUNC i makes the cursor jump to the top or bottom of the screen
(when ”CON” is not highlighted).
∑To draw a dot
Press 1 to draw a black dot at the cursor position or 2 to draw a white dot.
∑To draw a series of black dots
Press 1 to highlight ”BLK”, and then press 3 to highlight ”CON”. In this
condition, a continuous series of black dots will be drawn when you move the
cursor.
∑To draw a series of white dots
Press 2 to highlight ”WHT”, and then press 3 to highlight ”CON”. In this
condition, a continuous series of white dots will be drawn when you move the
cursor.
To create a user character using an existing character
1. Input the character or symbol you want to use as a basis for your new
character and locate the cursor under the character.
2. Press FUNC and then ILLUST (USER CHR).
3. Use u and i to move the highlighting to ”MAKE” and then press SET.
4. Use u and i to move the highlighting to ”USE INPUT CHAR” and then press
SET.
∑The screen contains an image of the character you input in step 1.
∑If you selected ”NEW”, a screen appears for creating a character from
scratch.
5. Use the user character drawing techniques to change the image on the
screen.
6. After you are finished changing the character, press SET.
7. Use t and y to select the user character area where you want to store
the character and then press SET.
∑If the user character area you select already has a character in it, the
old character will be replaced with the new one.
8. Press SET to store the character.
∑If there was no input character at the cursor location when you pressed
FUNC and then ILLUST (USER CHR) in step 2, the screen for creating a new
character from scratch appears when you press SET in step 3.
To create a user character from the user character you created
1. Press FUNC and then ILLUST (USER CHR).
2. Use u and i to move the highlighting to ”EDIT” and then press SET.
3. Use t and y to select the user character you want to edit, and then
press SET.