Using The Scales - Royal Portable typewriter User Manual

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The Paper Guide
Scale.
The Paper Guide
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is
usuall
y set
at
zero. For
positioning
a series of cards or envelopes,
the
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Paper
Guide
rna{'
be set
to
the
right
of zero.
The
Tabulator Scale.
The Tabulator
Scale
is
a continua-
tion
of the
Paper Guide Scale
and can
be
seen
by tilting
back
the Paper Table.
This
scale
is
used
to set
the
*,tab stops
which
are
loca'ted directly behind it.
The Paper
Lock
Scale.
The
Paper Lock Scale
spans
the
cylinder and
is
completely
visible
at
all times.
Usi
this scale
of
the
scale
denotes
the
base
of
the writing
line.
To write
on
cards or envelopes,
raise the Disappearing
Card
Finger
at
the
dght
end
of this scale.
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The
Cylinder Scale.
Use
this
scale
to locate the
carriage
at a spec ific
printing point,
as
in setting margins, finding
the
center
of a page, and
centering
headings.
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To find the center of a page,
add
the
left
and right
scale
readings of the paper
and
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divide by
two.
For instance, if
to
compute
measurements on
th
e
paper.
To
determine
mar-
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gin
s
or
tab
settings
used in the upper part of thii page,
sim-
ply
raise the Paper Lock,
hold
the paper under the
.scales
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Jhe left edge of
the paper
is set
at 0, and the reading
at
the right
edge is 84,
the
center 'is
42.
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Move the
carriage
until the
fi
gure 42
on the
cylinder
scale is
located
at
the·
printing point, and
your
page
is
centered.
and
make
the
readings.
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To center a heading,
locate the center of the page
as
Card
and Writing
Line
Scale.
Thi
s scale
is used to align
above. Then press the Back Space
Key
once
for
each
two
characters
with
work
already on the page or card.
The edge
letters
and
spaces
in th<>
heading.
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All Scales
are',
synchronized and read from
left
to right.
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