Decimal tabulation – Sears 16 User Manual
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DECIMAL TABULATION
This function allows you to do statistical typing easily. All
numbers are automatically aligned by their decimal points,
1)
Set tab(s) at the decimal positions for each column.
2)
Press the Return Key or Express Key to return the Carrier
to the left margin.
3)
Hold down the Code Key and press the "Tab Key. “O
DECIMAL TAB” appears on the LCD and the Print Point
Indicator will move to the first tab stop.
® If any text remains on the LCD, it will be printed before
the Carrier moves to the first tab stop.
4)
Type the text with or without decimal point. Typed text
is displayed on the LCD. Make corrections on the LCD
before printout.
5)
You now have three options to print the text.
a)
Press the Return Key. Text will be printed and the
Carrier stops at that position.
b)
Press the Tab Key. Text will be printed and the Car
rier will advance to the next tab position, making it a
standard tab.
c)
Hold down the Code Key and press the Tab Key.
Text will be printed and the Carrier will advance to the
next tab, making it a decimal tab again.
6)
To advance to the next line, press the Return Key and
repeat 3) through 5).
To cancel the Decimal tab mode, first clear the text on
the LCD using the Correction Key, and then press the
Return Key. The Decimal tab mode will be canceled and
the Carrier returns to the left margin on the next line.
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