Brother SX-4000 - Manual (Page 9)

PARTI OVERVIEW OF YOUR TYPEWRITER
This typewriter is a very sophisticated machine, you will find it easier to use and
a lot more convenient than an ordinary typewriter. The two main differences
between an ordinary typewriter and this machine are: 1) the LCD display, and
2) the spell checker. Usually, the characters you type will be immediately printed
on the paper and the display will only show the various settings of the machine.
The line you are typing is actively stored in the line correction memory to allow
for easy corrections of the text already printed. Sometimes, the machine will
need to know the contents of the line you are typing in order to print it at the
correct position. This happens, for instance, when you are centering your text.
In such a case, the text is temporarily displayed on the LCD. We will call this
feature the “display mode”. Listed below is a short description of the printing and
display modes. When you switch your machine on, you are in printing mode.
1. Printing mode
The printing mode corresponds to the traditional way of using a typewriter; when
a character is typed, it is printed immediately on the paper. The basic operations
that allow you to start in this mode are described in the chapter “Basic Typing”
(p.9).
When you use the printing mode, the characters you type do not appear on the
display. The line correction memory actively records everything you are typing
on the current line. With this memory, you can erase any letter, word, or even
the whole line automatically. See “Memory Correction” (p.20) for more details.
The function currently activated by an arrow.
The following illustration shows you how the status indicators work. In this
example, the pitch is set to 10 and the line spacing is 1. The shift lock mode,
the word spell function, the word underlining, the boldface function are on. The
typewriter is in typewriter mode. The auto carrier return is on.
RICH U№ WORD UNDLN OPERATE
10 IS 1 Z SHIFT SPELL WORD BOLD AUTO
▲ A A A A A A