IBM 6 Operation Guide - Page 30

Erasing

Manually

in

Proportional

Spacing

When

erasing

manually,

hold

down

Code

while

you

press

Backspace

(Blosp1)

to

correctly

realign

the

printwheel

pointer

at

the

incorrect

character.

The

carrier

moves

back

one

unit

of

space

each

time

you

hold

down

Code

while

you

press

the

Backspace

key.'

1.

Position

the

printwheel

pointer

at

the

left

edge

of

the

last

char-

acter

in

the

word.

•

Press

Spacebar,

Badcspace,

or

hold

down

Code

while

you

press

Backspace

(nevi).

2.

Press

the

Correction

key.

•

The

printwhee€

spins.

3.

Type

the

last

character

in

the

word

juSt

like

you

typed

it

the

first

time.

•

The

character

is

erased.

•

If

the

incorrect

character

is

not

completely

erased,

hold

down

Code

while

you

press

Backspace

(MENA)

to

reposition

the

printwheel

pointer

to

the

left

edge

of

the

incorrect

character.

Repeat

steps

2

and

3.

4.

Press

the

Correction

key.

•

The

printwheel

spins

and

the

carrier

does

not

move.

5.

Type

the

previous

character

In

the

word.

•

The

carrier

backs

up

and

erases

the

previous

character.

Repeat

steps

4

and

5

for

each

character

until

the

entire

word

is

erased.

7.

Type

the

correct

word.

6.

Practice

Type

the

following

paragraph,

line

by

line

as

printed

below,

Including

the

highlighted

error.

Do

not,

remove

the

paper

from

your

typewriter.

Manually

erase

the

incorrect

word

after

you

type

the

entire

graph.

para.

The

world's first

duel

thiw

typewriters.

was:

fought

in Cincinnati;

Ohio

in

1881.

A

Cincinnatian,

Louis

Taub,

challenged

Frank

MoGurrin,

a

Salt

Lake

city

court

typist,

to•

a

contest consisting

of

45

minutes

of

direct dictation

and

45.

Miriutep

of

copying.

(Do

not

press

CRtri.)

t

Press

Paper

Down

twelve

times

to

move

the

carrier

to

the

line

with

the

incorrect

word

(the

first

line).

Pres9

Spacebar.

Backspace,

or

•

hold

down

Code

while

you

press

Backspace

(Okapi)

to

position

the

printwheel

pointer

at

the

lett

edge

of

the

w

In

thiw

(the

last

incorrect

character

In

the

word).

3.

'

Press

the

Cor•rection

key:

•

The

printwheel

spins.

Type

the

incorrect

character

(w)-

*

The

w

is

erased,

-

•

4

V•

If

the

incorrect

character

is

not

completely

erased,

hold

down

Code

while

you

press

Backspace

(Okapi)

to

reposition

the

printwheel

pointerio

the

left

edge

of

the

Incorrect

character.

Repeat

steps

2,3,

and

4.

5

Press

the

Correction

key.

•

The

printwheel

spins,

but

the

carrier

does

not

move.

6

Type

thainoarrect

character

(I).

•

The

carrier

babies

up

and

erases

the

i.

Repeat

steps

5•and

8

to

erase

the

h

and

1`.•

et

The

entire

incorrect

word

is

erased.

Type

the

word

with.

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Operator's

Guide

Advanced

Operations

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IBM 6 Operation Guide - Page 30

Erasing, Manually, Proportional, Spacing, Practice

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