IBM 6 Operation Guide - Page 14

•-•.! fJo ••• ct• : .f . Typematic (Repeat) Keys Typematic (repeat) keys have both a of these keys can be touched briefly single and a repeat action; Any for a single actionne MM downs . for repeat action. Asterisk/8 Backspace/Bksp 1 Carrier Return Correction Key Micro Down Micro Up Paper Down Paper Up Period Plus/Equal Question Mark/Slash Spacebar Underline/Hyphen X, x For you example, it hold down tyhoeuXpkreesysfothremleotrteerthXa,naonnXe-phrainlttDs oonMy4o,uXr pparpinetrs. 11 repeatedly until you release the key. Correction Memory Just as you remember what you read, your typewriter remembers what you type. In other words, your typewriter has a correction memory that remembers approximately the last 200 characters you type. The correction memory makes erasing characters very easy and automatic. The correction memory Is present when you turn your typewriter on. Mott There are two ways to erase characters: automatically and manually. Automatic Erase Automatic erasing (within the correction memory) allows you to erase incorrect characters: noticed Immediately, farther back on the same line, on previously typed !Ines, up to approximately the last 200 characters. tre-r.. Manual Erase Manual erasing (outside the correction memory) allows you to erase incorrect characters: farther back than approximately 200 characters, that are not erased automatically. Example Menu& Erase (Outside the Correction Memory) Automatic Erase (Within the Correction Memory - Approximately the Lan 200 Characters) • 1-14 operator's wee