IBM Selectric Personal Typewriter - Error Correction

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Correcting Key (
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Your typewr iter has a correcting key on the bottom
ri ght side of the keyboard to help you correct
errors quickly and easily.
To correct errors:
1. Press the correcting key ( ) to backspace to
the last incorrectly typed character. Because the
correcting key repeats when you hold it down,
you ca n quickly move to a ny character toward
the beginning of the typing lin e.
Example:
correctign kye
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last incor
rec t character
2. Retype the incorrect character to erase it from
the
pa per.
Example:
correctign ky
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3. Press the correcting key to backspace to the
next incorrect characte r. Re type the character to
erase it from the paper.
Example:
correctign k
4. Repeat step 3 until you correct all the errors.
Ex amp le :
correcti
5. Type t he correct cha racte r( s)
Example:
correcting key
If you are typing carbon copies, correct them in the
usual way a fter you er ase the character(s) from
t he original.
To cancel the correcting process, press spacebar
after you p re ss the correcting key.