To simplify a character input to an electronic device including a personal computer and a cellular phone, etc.

A character code table formed by grouping characters desired to be inputted by every kind of a character such as an alphabet, Hiragana, Katakana and signs is arranged in vertical and horizontal two-dimensional arrays. The first line of horizontal columns of the table is displayed, a target character is selected from the line, a vertical column to which the character belongs is displayed, furthermore, a target character is selected from the vertical column, and the selected character is considered as a selection establishment character. In the character code table, "a code which means one character deletion before a cursor" and "a code which means one character deletion at a cursor position" are included and stored, and when the codes are selected, an event is transmitted to a program having a right of execution at present so that enhanced display of a deletion target character is performed.

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