Radio communication apparatus

A radio communication apparatus, comprising:

• receiving means for receiving a radio signal transmitted from a base station, the radio signal including character codes representing characters, the characters including particular characters that separate the remaining characters into words,
• a display portion for displaying characters on a plurality of lines,
• detecting means for detecting the particular characters,
• determining means for determining whether each word can be displayed completely on a particular line of the display portion, and
• display controlling means for displaying the word on a next line of the display portion when the determining means determines that the word cannot be displayed completely on the particular line.

A radio communication apparatus, comprising:

• receiving means for receiving characters that include a plurality of words and a particular character separating the words, wherein the characters are transmitted from a base station;
• display means having a plurality of display lines for sequentially displaying the characters received by the receiving means;
• means for recognizing the length of each word by studying the characters to detect a particular character;
• and
• means for controlling the display means to display each word on a display line if the length of the word does not exceed a space available on the display line and otherwise to display the word on a next display line.