IBM 6 Operation Guide - Page 71

Helpful

Hints

•

If

you

are

using

the

primary

keyboard,

your

typewriter

automat-

ically

sets

the

keyboard

to

match

the

keybuttons

on

your

type-

writer

keyboard.

You

do

not

have

to

type

the

keyboard

ID

001.

However,

be

sure

you

have

a

printwheel

ID

001

in

your

typewriter.

•

To

type

in

alternate

keyboards

for

accent

marks,

universal

symbols.

or

Latin

and

Greek

characters

only,

use

the

Latin

Sup-

plemental

keyboard

and

printwheel

099.

1.

Select

keyboard

ID

099

(Latin

Supplemental).

2.

Select

the

matching

printwheel

(ID

099).

3.

Hold

down

Code

while

you

press

X.

—

You

do

not

have

to

type

the

keyboard

ID

099.

However,

be

sure

you

have

a

printwheel

ID

099

In

your

typewriter.

4.

When

you

finish

typing,

hold

down

Code

while

you

press

X

to

turn

the

Language

light

off.

•

To

type

in

alternate

keyboards

for

other

languages

or

special

applications:

1.

Select

the

keyboard

and

ID

number.

2.

Select

the

matching

printwheel

(same

number

as

keyboard

ID).

3.

Press

Code

+

X

+

ID

number,

4.

When

you

finish

typing,

hold

down

Code

while

you

press

X

to

turn

the

Language

light

off.

•

When

typing

an

alternate

keyboard

ID,

use

the

numeric

keys

to

type

the

one

(1)

and

the

zero

(0).

•

Always

make

sure

the

Language

light

is

off

when

you

are

not

typing

in

alternate

keyboards.

•

if

you

are

storing

jobs

using

alternate

keyboards,

type

a

stop

code

at

the

point

where

you

want

to

change

the

printwheel

to

type

in

another

language.

—

When

you

play

back

the

job,

playback

will

stop

at

the

point

where

you

want

to

change

the

printwheel

and

the

keyboard

ID

number.

Note:

You

will

learn

how

to

store

and

play

back

jobs

in

the

next

section.

Helpful

Hints

(continued)

•

Many

alternate

keyboards

contain

accent

marks

which

are

dead

keys.

Dead

keys

print

without

advancing

the

carrier

to

the

next

space.

To

type

accent

marks

over

alphabetic

characters:

1.

Type

the

accent

mark

first.

ff

the

accent

mark

is

a

dead

key,

the

carrier

will

not

advance

to

the

next

space.

2.

Type

the

alphabetic

character.

•

The

alternate

keyboard

charts

show

some

keybuttons

with

three

characters.

To

access

the

third

(bottom)

character,

see

page

2.11.

The

keyboard

for

each

country

and

special

application

has

art

identil

cation

number.

The

list

on

page

5-6

and

5-7

shows

the

name

of

the

country

and

special

application

printwheels

and

their

keyboard

Iden-

tification

(ID)

numbers.

See

pages

7-1

through

7-3

for

a

list

of

printwheel

typestyles

and

pitches

available

for

use

with

your

primer)

keyboard.

Note:

Alternate

keyboards

have

some

keybuttons

with

three

charac•

ters.

To

access

the

third

(bottom)

character,

see

page

2-11,

Use

the

keyboard

charts

on

pages

5-8

through

5-17

to

type

symbols,

accent

marks,

and

characters

in

another

language.

5-4

Operators

Guide

Alternate

Keyboards

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