Olivetti M15 Plus - The Number Key Pad; How to Complete an Entry

THE NUMBER KEY PAD
The keyboard has a block of number keys especially for
entering sets of numbers. Since the keyboard has been
designed to be compact, these keys do not appear as a
separate block, but are included inside the alphanumeric
area (it is indicated by the outlined area in the Figure
(58,H).
The numeric key area is activated as follows:
Press the NUH LOCK key (58,A). The indicator light on the
key comes on.
Press the EDIT/SHIFT key (58,F) (this is a toggle key and
remains
in, until pressed a second time).
The shaded area shown in the illustration can now be used
to make numeric entries. On the numeric keypad, you should
now have access to the following characters, which are
marked on the front of the keys: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, +, •
You can de-activate the numeric keypad by releasing the
EDIT/SHIFT key, and then pressing the NUM LOCK key (the
indicator light on the latter goes out). All the above
keys
then return to their normal functions.
HOW TO COMPLETE AN ENTRY
When you make a data input through the keyboard, the entry
is not processed by the system until you press the ENTER
key (58,8) (also sometimes called CR Carriage Return).
This key is to be found on the right hand side of the
alphanumeric area of the keyboard, and is marked with an
arrow
bent to the left (~).
The data entered on the keyboard, and subsequently
processed by the system when the ENTER key is pressed,
constitute an "Entry". When this entry consists of a
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