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 THUMB PRINT SOFTWARE'S
 TP-ET
 ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER
 (C) Copr. Thumb Print Software 1989-90
 Full Registration $19.50
 1570 Colwood Rd.
 Caro Michigan 48723
 517-673-5482 (2:00 - 7:00 PM EST/EDT)
 Press any key to Start
Top of form to 1st line of text
om of form to last of of text
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ESC Exit
(1 of 9)
Tabs:
/You can set the tab stops from 1 to 40. This means
that every time you Pre
 the Tab Key the cursor
 move the designated spaces. For instances
say you select 10 for your tab stops. Pre
ing the
Tab key from the Left Margin the cursor wi
 jump
10 spaces and stop. Pre
ing the Tab key again the
cursor wi
 jump 10 spaces and stop etc. Selecting
0 (Zero) as a tab se
ing wi
 not a
ow any Tab
jumps by the cursor. You ca
ot have varible Tab
ings as in a word proce
or IE: a Tab stop at
8 another at 12 another at 25 etc. Whatever you
select wi
 be the Tab jump of the cursor for a
Tab stops.
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ESC Exit (2 of 9)
Line Spacing Single or Double:
If you want Single line spacing while typing a
document select (S)ingle. (D)ouble means every time
you pre
 the Enter Key you wi
 have a Blank Line
n your lines of Text.
OEnd of line Warning Be
This is similiar to the be
 on a standard electric
typewriter. 6 (Six) spaces before your Right Margin
you wi
 here a Be
. This is to warn you that you
are near the end of the line. TP-ET does not have a
Word Wrap feature, therefore when you reach the end
of a line your last character is replaced by what-
ever you type next. The Warning Be
 lets you know
when you are ge
ing close to the end of a line.
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ESC Exit (3 of 9)
Edit Mode:
+Means that while you are typing your document you
 be able to edit what you have typed. There are
3 Selections to ch
se from.
(L)ine 
 The cursor wi
 start at the Left Margin
of the line. You may move around this line and edit
anything you have typed. Once you pre
 Enter/Return whatever you have typed wi
 be sent to the printer.
6(S)r
 You wi
 have 14 lines ot text as you typethat you may edit. Pre
ing the Enter key wi
 move
you to the next line of text. The Up-A
ow key wi
move you to the previous line of text. Pre
ing F-9
 send a
 14 lines of text to the printer. Your
 clear and you wi
 be able to type and
edit 14 more lines of text. F-10 ends the Document.
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ESC Exit (4 of 9)
(P)age 
 means however many lines of text a
by your Top of form to 1st line of text; and your
om of form to last line of text se
ings you
 be able to edit. What you wi
 have is a
virtual page. As you type your document the scr
 scro
 for however many lines of text are
owed. For instance lets say your Top of Form
ing is 10; your Bo
om of form se
ing is 10
you would be a
owed 46 lines of text per page of
paper. You could scro
 up and down these lines with the Enter/Return key and Up-A
ow key to edit what-
ever you have already typed. Unlike a word proce
or you ca
ot spilt lines or combine lines. Once you
your printer wi
 print out a
 lines of
the document for that particular page. You wi
have a new page to work on. F-10 ends the Document.
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ESC Exit (5 of 9)
File Mode:
*There are 3 to ch
se from:
 You may take up where you left o
typing a document. When TP-ET saves your document
it remembers what page and line you were on when
you exited. These se
ings are saved in the
	.APN
file. If you were in the (L)ine option you
would have to make sure the document is aligned
properly in your printer. (S)cr
n option is a
bit harder. Leave your document as is in the
printer. If you move it the line count wi
 be o
when you restart. In the (P)age option always start the new a
ended page at the top of form of a new
t of paper. (S)cr
n always sends 14 lines to
the printer/file. (P)age always sends a fu
 page oftext to the printer/file.
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ESC Exit (6 of 9)
wof 9)
(S)ave 
 means that you wi
 be asked a name for
this document to save to disk. You may type in
up to 8 characters as a name. Certain character
not recognized by DOS are not a
owed. You wi
 these characters displayed. The extention .LET wi
 be automatica
ed to the name you enter.
;(N)o Save 
 means that whatever you type in the
document wi
 not be saved to disk. You wi
 only
have a print out from your printer.
EAuto Insert Keys (AI-Name):
AI Name is the name you entered in the Doc.Set
n. By pre
ing F2 while typing a document
that name wi
 inserted automatica
y at the cursor posistion.
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ESC Exit (7 of 9)
Auto A
 (AI-Adr):
Means that while typing a document if you pre
F3 the a
 you entered in the Doc.Set wi
be automatica
y inserted at the cursor position.
7Auto City-State-Zip (AI-CSZ):
Means that while typing a document if you pre
F4 the City State and Zip you entered in the
Doc.Set wi
 be automatica
y insered at the
cursor position.
$F-5 inserts the Phone Number you entered.
Printer Font and Quality:
There are 6 selections to ch
se from.
Pica Draft
Pica NLQ (near le
er quality)
Elite Draft
Elite NLQ
Italic Draft
Italic NLQ
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ESC Exit (8 of 9)
If you select any of these 6 your printer should
be EPSON/IBM compatible. If it isn't unpredictable
results can o
ur. For those printers that use
erent codes select USER from the options. You
 be asked to input your printer code.
Refer to the manual for specific instructions on
how to input a printer code.
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 Editing Keys Available
 Left Arrow   --  Move Cursor 1 column left.
 Right Arrow  --  Move Cursor 1 column right.
 Home
	 --  Move Cursor to beginning of line.
 --  Move Cursor to end of line.
 Delete
 --  Deletes character at cursor position.
 Backspace
 --  Deletes character 1 column to the
 left of the cursor.
 Ctrl-End
 --  Deletes all characters from cursor   
 to end of line.
 Ctrl-Lf Arw  --  Moves Cursor 1 word left.
 Ctrl-Rt Arw  --  Moves Cursor 1 word right.
 Insert key   --  Toggles between Insert and Overtype  
 Mode.
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 Tab-More   Esc-Return
	 Graphic Characters for Drawing Boxes
 Use the ALT key and the Function Keys F1-F10
 ^ = ALT  IE: ^F1 same as ALT F1
  ^F1
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 Tab-More  Esc-Cancel  
CTRL-F1
 ^F6 
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