Controlling Pictochat
Here is a guide to what each control does. First, the pen icon simply shows you are not using the eraser, and allows you to draw things on the main canvas to send to others. The rubber icon shows you are in eraser mode, where you can rub out the mistakes you made while using the pen. The two dots are used to switch between a normal size pen and a pencil which draws thinner lines for intricate detail.
The small icons at the very bottom of the left hand side are simply to switch between normal letters and numbers, special letters, japanese characters, one set of symbols and another set which is mainly emoticon symbols.
Normal set
Consists of letters up from A-Z, numbers from 1-9, 0, commas, full stops, brackets, /, and quotation marks.
Special Letters
All the special letters from languages like French and Italian.
Japanese characters
Many Japanese characters.
Symbols
The symbols here are: !, ?, &, ", ', ~, :, ;, @, ~, _, +, -, *, /, X, divide symbol, =, arrow right, arrow left, arrow up, arrow down, weird corner, lower corner, two sets of weird speech marks, (, ), <, >, {, }, dot, %, big star, odd symbol, #, music notes, plus and minus sign in one, $, cent symbol, £, \, ^, diamond |, /, \, odd symbol 2, three dots, ..., trademark sign, copyright sign, registered trademark sign.
Symbols 2
Here, the numbers plus these symbols were used: face emotion symbols for anger, happiness, sleepiness, calmness, sun symbol, cloud symbol, umbrella symbol, snowman icon, envelope icon, phone icon, clock icon, the Nintendo Ds buttons, the control pad, spades symbol, diamonds symbol, hearts symbol, clubs symbol, emphasized question mark, bold exclaimation mark, line, star, rounded rectangle, diamond, square, triangle, upside down triangle, odd O shape, arrows pointing up, down, left or right, black star, black shapes, X.
The send button posts your saying, button below copies the other person's, the one below that makes the canvas blank. You can also drag symbols around the page by moving the stylus.