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Type Mode

In Type Mode, the typing scale appears on the display and the blinking cursor moves along it as you type characters on paper.

The Display

Type Mode is activated by sliding the Mode Selector to Type, if

necessary. The typing scale is illustrated below.

Position Indicator

End of Page Pitch Line Impression Keyboard

Status Line

Status Line — Gives current settings, keyboard status, and cursor position.

Cursor — A rectangle that shows the location of the print hammer. Position Indicator — Indicates your current print hammer position.

Entering Text

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Cursor

Type

When entering text, it is useful to know how to use the cursors and Auto Return.

Cursor Moves

Code + or Back Space — Moves typing position to the left one character at a time.

Code + or Spacebar — Moves typing position to the right one character at a time.

Code + — Moves typing position down equal to line setting (i.e., if you are double spacing text, key moves typing position down two lines.)

Code + — Moves typing position up equal to your line setting (i.e., if you are single spacing text, key moves typing position up one line.)

NOTE: The / are repeating keys. If they are held down, the

paper will continue to move up or down.

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Code

Auto Return

You can program the Memory Typewriter to automatically return at the

end of each line. When a space or hyphen is typed in the “warning zone,” which begins five spaces before the right margin, the carrier automatically returns to the next line. For lengthy words falling at the end of the line, simply type a hyphen as you normally would and the carrier returns automatically. To activate Auto Return:

1. Press Code + Return (1). Unit beeps, and the Status Line prompts

Auto Return ON.

2. Type text. Do not press Return at the end of line.

Deactivating Auto Return

Press Code + Return (1). The Status Line prompts:

Auto Return OFF.

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Text Enhancements

Bold Print

1. Press Code + Bold (B). A beep is heard, and the display prompts:

Bold Print ON.

2. Type text.

3. To turn off bold print, press Code + Bold (B). No beep is heard, and

the display prompts:

Bold Print OFF.

NOTE: If correcting bold text within correction memory with

Bold Print OFF, bold text will be corrected, but replacement text will not be bolded unless Bold Print is reactivated.

Auto Underscore

As you are typing, you can automatically underscore each word or words and spaces.

Underscoring Words Only

This feature automatically underscores just the words as you type.

1. Press Code + Word (3) . A beep is heard, and the display prompts:

Underscore WORD.

2. Type your text.

3. Deactivate Auto Underscore Word by pressing Code + Word (3). No

beep is heard, and the display prompts:

Underscore OFF.

Code

Type Text

Bold

Word

Using Auto Underscore All

All

This feature automatically underscores both words and spaces as you type.

1. Press Code + All (4). A beep is heard, and the display prompts:

Code

Underscore ALL.

2. Type your text.

Type Text

3. Press Code + All (4) to deactivate Auto Underscore All. No beep is

heard, and the display prompts:

Code

Underscore OFF.

NOTE: If correcting underscore within correction memory with

Underscore All OFF, underscored text will be corrected, but replacement text will not be underscored unless Underscore is reactivated.

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Position Print Hammer

Shift

Paper In

Manual Underscore

You can also manually underscore text already typed.

1. Position the print hammer under the first character of the text to be underscored.

2. Press Shift + -/_ once to underscore each character.

Code

Type Text

Return

Reloc

Auto

Center

Centering Text

1. Press Code + Auto Center (2). The carrier moves to the center of the margins. A beep is heard, and the display prompts:

Auto Center @

and indicates the print hammer position.

2. Type the text to be centered. As you type, the text appears on the display. If a mistake is made, use Correct, WordEraser or type over errors. Press Code + Auto Center (2) to restart centering.

3. Press Return. Text prints automatically centered between current margins.

4. Press Return again to deactivate Auto Center.

NOTE: When Auto Center is activated, the Format feature is not

functional.

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Indented Paragraph

To indent paragraphs, set “temporary left margins,” so text is automatically indented after carriage returns The example below shows a paragraph which has been indented five spaces.

National Accounting Seminar

Marvelous Paper Products will participate in the National Accounting Seminar. We will focus on our new computerized accounting program.

Those attending will include one Sales Account Executive from each of our Sales Districts, two System Consultants and two Field Service Technicians.

Details will follow.

Setting Paragraph Indent

1. Tab or space to desired indent location.

2. Press Code + Indent (6). A beep is heard. Status Line prompts:

Indent ON.

An “L” appears on the typing scale indicating the indent location.

3. Type the desired text. When Auto Return is active or when the

Return is pressed, the print hammer returns to the indented position.

4. Press Code + Indent (6) to deactivate Paragraph Indent. The paper

advances one line and returns to the original margin. Display prompts:

Indent OFF.

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Changing Settings

You can change the end of page setting, line spacing, impression control, pitch and number of lines displayed in Type Mode. New settings will replace any existing settings. (See “Page Layout.”)

NOTE: If you change pitch, remember to change the printwheel.

Corrections

The typewriter can automatically correct all characters in a three line correction memory buffer. You can easily correct characters not in the buffer by performing an extra step (see “Off-Line Correction”). Remember to use Code + , Code + , Code + , Code + , Return, Back Space, and Spacebar when positioning the print hammer to make a correction. If you use the platen knob, the line count may be inaccurate.

IMPORTANT: If you changed printwheels, be sure to insert the

proper printwheel before making corrections.

Position Print Hammer

Correct

Type Correction

Code

Return

Position Print Hammer

WordEraser

LineEraser

Type Correction

Code

Return

Reloc

Erasing Character(s) in Correction Memory

1. Position the print hammer on the incorrect character, if necessary, and then press Correct. Hold down to continue erasing characters to the left. Do not use the platen knob to position the print hammer.

2. Type the correction. Be sure to activate Bold or Underscore if you want the replacement text enhanced.

3. Press Code + Reloc (Return) to quickly return to your previous typing position, if necessary.

NOTE: You erase the correction memory buffer when you turn off

the typewriter, use the Automatic Paper Insert feature, switch modes, or change pitch.

WordEraser

This feature allows you to erase word(s) within the correction memory buffer.

1. Position the print hammer on any character in the incorrect word or on the space to the right of the word. If you are correcting more than one word, position the print hammer on the right-most incorrect word.

2. Press WordEraser once for each incorrect word. The error is erased.

3. Type in the correction. Be sure to activate Bold or Underscore if you want the replacement text enhanced.

4. Press Code + Reloc (Return) to return to your previous typing position, if necessary.

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The

LineEraser

Using the LineEraser feature, you can easily remove an entire line of text located in correction memory.

1. Position the print hammer on any character in the line.

2. Press Code + LineEraser (WordEraser). No beep is heard. Correction

begins immediately from the last character typed on the line up to the first character typed on the line.

Position Print Hammer

Code

Type Correction

WordEraser

LineEraser

NOTE: You can press Code + Stop (S) to stop LineEraser.

Erasing will stop immediately. The print hammer remains on the last character corrected.

3. Type in the correction. Be sure to activate Bold or Underscore if you want to replace enhanced text.

4. Press Code + Reloc (Return) to return to your previous typing position, if necessary.

NOTE: If Code + LineEraser is pressed while off-line or when

there is no text in the correction buffer, you will receive an ERROR message.

Character Swap

Character Swap allows you to reverse the order of adjacent characters on a line within the correction memory buffer. For example, if you typed “Teh,” you could reverse the “h” and the “e,” to produce “The.” Character Swap will transpose lower-case and upper-case letters without changing the case. Also, Character Swap will swap bold and underlined characters, retaining the enhancement of the character.

Characters must be in the correction memory buffer; that is, they must be in one of the last three lines of typed text. This feature is inactive when typing text in a special field (e.g., Auto Center) or when you are using List and AutoSpell.

1. Position the print hammer on the second of the two characters to be swapped. (The print hammer must be on the character, not the space following the character.) For example, to swap “eh” as in the example above, position the cursor on “h.”

2. Press Code + (W). The character currently selected will be swapped with the preceding one. In the example above, “eh” would become “he.” The print hammer relocates after the right most corrected character.

Code

Teh

The

Return

Reloc

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Position Print Hammer

Half Space

Code

Type Correction

Correct

Return

Reloc

Auto Half Space

Use this feature to insert one additional character into a word or delete one or more character(s) from a word.

1. Position print hammer to any character in the incorrect word.

2. Press Code + Half Space (5) to activate Auto Half Space. The word is

automatically erased. Print hammer locates on the center of the space.

3. Type the desired word. (Characters appear on the display.) Use

Correct to correct errors on the display.

4. Press Return. The new word prints.

5. Press Code + Reloc (Return) to return to your previous typing

position.

NOTE: You can use the WordFind feature to quickly locate

misspelled words within correction memory.

Code

Return

Reloc

Position Print Hammer

Code

Correct

Retype the Incorrect Character

to Erase the Error

Type Correction

Code

Return

Reloc

Off-Line Correction

To correct an error not in the correction memory buffer:

1. Position the print hammer to the incorrect character using

Code + , Code + , Code + , Code + , Spacebar, Return, and Back Space. Do not use the platen knob to position the print

hammer.

2. Press Code + Correct. One beep is heard, and the display prompts:

Manual Correct.

3. Release both keys. You can cancel the correction by pressing Return.

4. Retype the incorrect character to erase the error.

5. Type the correct character.

6. Press Code + Reloc (Return) to quickly return to your previous

typing position.

NOTE: For bold characters, repeat the correction process,

if necessary.

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Forward Correction

To correct several characters or word(s) not in the correction memory buffer.

1. Position the print hammer to the first character in the series to be corrected using Code + , Code + , Code + , Code + , Spacebar, Return, and Back Space. Do not use the platen knob to position the print hammer.

2. Press Code + Correct twice. Two beeps are heard, and the display prompts:

Forward Correct.

At this point you can cancel correction by pressing Return.

3. Retype all the characters or words to be deleted. (As you type, the typewriter erases each character. You may have to adjust your typing speed so that the typewriter removes characters correctly.)

4. Press Code + Correct. No beep is heard, and the print hammer returns to the position where Forward Correct was activated.

5. Type the correct characters or words.

6. Press Code + Reloc (Return) to quickly return to your previous typing position.

Half Space

The Half Space feature is used when making corrections not in the correction memory buffer when a character has been omitted or when one too many characters have been typed. When Half Space is activated, the typing position moves a half space to the right.

Position Print Hammer

Code

Correct

(twice)

Retype All Characters

or Words to be Deleted

Code

Correct

Type Corrections

Code

Return

Adding Another Character

Reloc

Adding a Character

Find

Look for mispelled words

1. Erase the incorrect word following the first 4 steps of the Forward Correct method.

Erase

Look for mispelled words

2. Backspace one additional space before the first character of the word erased.

3. Press Code + Half Space (Spacebar). The print hammer advances a

Correct

Look for mispelled words

misspelled

half space.

4. Type in the correct word.

5. Press Code + Reloc (Return).

Removing Another Character

Removing a Character

1. Erase the incorrect word following the first 4 steps of the Forward Correct method.

2. Press Code + Half Space (Spacebar). The print hammer advances a half space.

3. Type in the correct word.

Find

Look for misspellled words

Erase

Look for misspellled words

Correct

Look for misspellled words

misspelled

4. Press Code + Reloc (Return).

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