electronic typewriter

electronic typewriter

It is a simplified word processor offering a limited set of functions, often including automatic centering, tabulation of decimal numbers, insert and delete, and search and replace. It usually lacks a full viewing screen, so the typist must print out the text to see it. It stores 200 or fewer pages in its memory.

The advantages of a stand alone word-processor over an electronic typewriter is as follows :
• inserting text and deleting text,

• spacing, searching for and replacing portions of text,

• text scrolling (moving in any direction, text that will not all fit on the screen to view select portions); text arrangement (formatting with automatic centering, margins, pagination etc.),

• moving blocks of text from one location to another; production of form letters or standard documents.

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