Nintendo DS Manual

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Using the On-Screen Keyboard
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1. Signal Strength Icon – Indicates signal strength for your chat room.
2. Message Display – Displays messages or pictures sent or received.
3. Scroll Bar – Displays messages or pictures by user colour. Each line represents one message.
4. Chat Room Letter – Shows which of the four chat rooms you are in.
5. Chat Member Bar – Lists the nicknames of participants in the chat room. Touch the nickname
to see that participant’s message. (See page 27 on how to create a message.)
6. Scroll Button – Scroll up or down through message history.
7. Pen Tool – Use for drawing pictures on the Input Board.
8. Eraser Tool – Use to erase lines from the Input Board.
9. Input Board – Text or lines appear here before selecting SEND.
10. Pen Thickness – Select either a thick or thin line for drawing pictures or erasing.
11. Keyboard Style – Select from the different keyboard styles. (See “Using the On-Screen
Keyboard” on the following page.)
12. Keyboard Panel – Use the Nintendo DS Stylus or the ✚ Control Pad, A Button and B Button
to select letters for your messages.
13. Exit Button – Touch to leave the current chat room.
14. SEND Button – Touch to send your message or picture.
15. Copy Button – Touch to copy the last message or picture from the Message Display to your
Input Board.
16. Clear Button – Touch to clear your Input Board of all information.
The on-screen keyboard functions like a simple computer keyboard. The keyboard style can be
selected from the menu on the left side of the keyboard. There are five styles of keyboards, as
shown below. (Illustration 22)
Two styles are shown; however, they all work the same way.
Select letters by using either the Nintendo DS Stylus or the ✚ Control Pad, A Button and B Button.
Illustration 22
Illustration 21
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Alphanumeric
International
Japanese Hiragana/Katakana
Symbols
Pictures
Alphanumeric
Shift between capital and
lowercase letters.
Backspace or erase character.
Skip to next line.
Add a space.
Shift between capitals/symbols and
lowercase letters/numbers.
International
Backspace or erase character.
Skip to next line.
Add a space.
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Nintendo DS Specifications

General

Platform	Nintendo DS
Internal memory	4 MB
Product color	Pink
Built-in camera	No
Number of built-in speakers	2
Built-in memory capacity	0.25 GB
Display diagonal	3 \
Display resolution	256 x 192 pixels
Headphone outputs	1
Wi-Fi standards	802.11b
Security algorithms	WEP
Battery capacity	850 mAh
Battery life (max)	10 h

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	84.7 mm
Width	148.7 mm
Height	28.9 mm
Weight	275 g