User manual LEXMARK IBM SELECTRIC II S

[. . . ] Topic 10: Using Comments to Keep Track of a Document. Topic 11: Setting Margins, Tabs, and Line Space. Topic 12: Changing Margins, Tabs, and Line Space for Parts of a Document. Topic 15: Saving and Replaying Keystrokes. [. . . ] When you type a document using the Displaywriter, you may want to underline and/or center some of the text. If you turned off the power at the work station between Topic 4 and Topic 5, turn it back on and re-insert the Vol. 2 program diskettes. Note: CHOOSE THE ITEM IN THE TYPlNG TASKS MENU TO CREATE A DOCUMENT. Use the following information, as the Displaywriter prompts you: Document name: Winners Diskette name: TRAIN CENTERING You will be typing the example document below. Its heading must be centered. Winners of the Lucky Turkey Raffle The annual Lucky Turkey Raffle was held on Tuesday morning at the Mount Kisco Moose Lodge. The grand prize winner, for the third year in a row was Melvin Marvin. Melvin exclaimed, "I just don't know what I'll do with another thirty-five pound turkey!!!" Runners-up, who wore bags of sweet potatoes, included the following: Lucy Wimple, Roger Ripple, Miles Standish, and Greg Smith. USING THE SPACE BAR (NOT THE ARROW KEYS), POSITION THE CURSOR AT THE CENTER POINT OF THE TYPING LINE. Topic 5: 2 The center point is at column 54. It is marked on the typing scale, at the top of the screen, with the symbol . WHILE HOLDING DOWN CODE, PRESS THE CTR KEY. CTR is on the same key as the character "c". The CTR (center) key is used to center characters on a typed line. Nothing happens immediately, but the Displaywriter will now center the line as you type it. TYPE: Winners of the Lucky Turkey Raffle PRESS THE CARRIER RETURN KEY TWICE, THEN CONTINUE TYPING THE EXERCISE UNTIL YOU GET TO THE UNDERLINED WORD third. UNDERLINING To underline one word at a time use WORD UND (word underline). TYPE THE WORD YOU WANT TO UNDERLINE, third Do not type the space that follows the word. WHILE HOLDING DOWN CODE, PRESS THE WORD UND KEY. WORD UND is on the same key as the character "i". The Displaywriter underlines the word you have just typed. Use Del, if you make a mistake. SPACE ONCE AND THEN CONTINUE TYPING, UNTIL YOU GET TO THE UNDERLINED PHRASE. For continuous underlining you can use BEGIN UND and END UND. WHILE HOLDING DOWN CODE, PRESS THE BEGIN UND KEY. BEG UND is on the same key as the character "u". Topic 5: 3 Nothing happens on the screen. TYPE THE PHRASE TO BE UNDERLINED. If you made a mistake, you can move things around some more in order to correct it. ON YOUR OWN Additional corrections are marked in red for the Promotions document. Using deletion, insertion, and replacement, try making these corrections. When you are finished END the document, and print it out on paper. Topic 8: 1 Topic 8. Displaywriter allows you to move the cursor around immediately, if you don't want to wait to move it space by space. If you turned off the power at the workstation between Topic 7 and Topic 8, turn it back on and re-insert the program diskettes. Note: DISPLAY ONE OF YOUR STORED DOCUMENTS (First Letter, Smith Letter, Winners, or Promotions). CODED CURSOR KEYS Topic 4 discussed the arrow cursor keys. If you hold down the CODE key, pressing the various cursor keys has a different meaning: CODE + immediately positions the cursor at the bottom of the page. CODE + immediately positions the cursor at the top of the page. CODE + immediately positions the cursor at the far right end of the line. CODE + immediately positions the cursor at the far left end of the line. EXPERIMENT WITH THE CODED CURSOR KEYS AND THEIR UNCODED ALTERNATIVES. You should be able to locate the cursor anywhere on the screen. THE FIND KEY The FIND key allows you to position the cursor by specifying a target. PRESS THE FIND KEY. Topic 8: 2 The FIND key is located to the right of the arrow cursor movement keys. [. . . ] You are now ready to playback the keystrokes in order to move the lines of the closing to the left margin. PLAYBACK MODE PRESS KEY PLAYBACK. KEY PLAYBACK is on the same key as KEY SAVE, but for to get it, you don't need to hold down the CODE key. The first line of the closing is revised: the tabs are deleted and the line moves to the left margin. PRESS MSG. There is a message: Playback completed. PRESS KEY PLAYBACK TO REVISE THE NEXT LINE IN THE CLOSING. REPEAT THE STEPS FOR EACH LINE THAT IS TO BE MOVED TO THE LEFT MARGIN. [. . . ]