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There

are

four

types

of

backspace

keys:

normal,

fractional,

permanent,

and

express.

Normal

Backspace

BAC

KSPACE

Pressing

iTT

1

,

54

moves

the

carrier

one

space

to

the

left.

Hold

the

key

down

for

quick

movement

to

the

left.

NOTES:

•

When

the

text

is

displayed,

k

-"

W

deletes

the

character

to

the

left.

•

If

the

carrier

is

positioned

in

the

middle

of

a

character

(see

"Fractional

Back-

space"

next),

pressin

a

wr

moves

the

carrier

to

the

beginning

of

the

current

character.

•

If

is

pressed

when

the

carrier

is

on

the

left

margin

or

on

the

left

end,

the

typewriter

beeps.

Pressing

Mg

+

*Mal

allows

the

carrier

to

go

beyond

the

left

margin.

•

is

used

in

type

mode

to

combine

two

characters

like

"O"

and

r

to

create

"0".

Type

the

first

character,

press

,

and

finally

type

the

second

character.

This

will

not

work,

however,

when

the

text

is

displayed.

(See

"Permanent

Backspace"

on

page

100.)

Fractional

Backspace

CODE

BACKSPACE

+

an

moves

the

carrier

back

by

1/60

inch

and

allows

you

to

precisely

position

the

carrier

for

corrections

when

you

have

to

reinsert

your

draft

or

when

you

want

to

correct

a

previous

line

with

uneven

spaces

between

words.

This

key

is

also

useful

to

line

up

your

carrier

exactly

on

a

point

on

a

preprinted

form.

The

following

table

relates

the

1/60

inch

backspace

with

the

selected

pitch.

You

can

also

use

this

function

to

type

Roman

numerals

(which

need

unusually

small

spaces

between

characters).

Pitch

Relative

Amount

of

Backspace

10

(PICA)

1/6

of

a

character

12

(ELITE)

1/5

of

a

character

15

(MICRON)

1/4

of

a

character

On

CL

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