Typewriter 202: Formatting
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Sarah, if I could just add to my previous comment… many of us are older than you and grew up in a time where typewriters were like computers of today, so I’m adding this just as an FYI, certainly not as a condescending comment. I hope I didn’t barrage you with comments in my last post, but the other thing I remembered is that back in the early ‘70s on, we rolled our paper into the centre of the machines, which acted as the zero mark. Back then, if we wanted to centre a title, for instance, we had to count how many characters there were in the title, then divide it by half. We would then backspace that half-number and begin the title there. It sounds ridiculously archaic now, but back in the day it was the only way to ensure a correct centre. And by the way, when I look back at all my schooling, the most productive lessons were my touch typing lessons starting in grade 9 in 1972. This skill has enabled me to learn other skills and take a career path where I loved being involved with Olivetti and IBM. You put out fabulous videos, but as you appear to be the same age as my daughters, you can’t possibly be expected to know all the ins and outs of how these machines were used day in and day out in different professions, but you do an exceptional job of explaining things clearly and I LOVE seeing you with your typewriters. I look forward to many more!
I absolutely appreciate your insight! My goal for videos like this is to allow for there to be searchable content for newer collectors who might have questions about their new typewriters. I get comments and emails all the time about margins and ribbons and how to use a typewriter- I wanted it to be easy for me to send them a video tutorial of all the information they could need as they start their new journey! I absolutely appreciate that there is information I just don't know about how to use these machines appropriately, and having your comment attached to the video provides additional resources to those who want to learn!
Oh I forgot about that! Thank you. Great idea for a vid 👍
If you are like me, some of this triggers memories of those typing classes. Pick me, teacher, I know this one!!
Loved the video! I would love to see how to set up different papers like postcards, etc. and how to type an envelope! ❤
Thanks Sarah, nice idea. I’m sure your Typewriter 202 list already includes “Letter Writing on a Typewriter” and “What’s With All These Different Kinds of Paper?,” but I think it might be fun to do a whole piece on just the lowly “bell”. Now I know you’ve addressed bells before, but I have something more specific in mind, namely “Why A Bell?”. My hunch is that many sorta, kinda know why it’s there, but not really.
The stock answer, “so you know you’re nearing the end of the line” kinda makes sense (after all, it does signal that), but most will quickly think “that’s nice, but I can SEE I’m gettin’ near the end of the line, duh! What a silly, unnecessary thing this bell is!” That’s your chance to explain how, back in the day, professional touch typists, who knew what keys were what letters BY HEART, never looked at the typewriter in front of them! No, instead they would look at whatever they were typing FROM, i.e. the boss’s handwritten letter, a previously typed report with handwritten revisions, or just your own handwritten book report that you’re now typing for the first time.
And if you’re weren’t looking at the typewriter, you couldn’t see that you’re getting close to the margin. Hence the brilliant - but not obvious - idea of the bell! Ding!🙂
Anyway, I promise not to be so long winded in the future. (Hey, I’m workin’ without an editor here.)
We must be of the same era. We never had characters on the key tops of our high school standards and to this day I never, nor do I want to, look at the keys when I type.
Also important is where to set your right margin in relation to the number of caracters left between the place the bell rings and the place the line lock engages. It varies from 5 to 8 spaces on my machines.
Great idea for the new series: How to actually use your typewriter.
We grew up with a mostly-working Royal KMG typewriter in our playroom and I often played with it to try to figure out what all those extra buttons and levers were for. I pretty well figured out how they worked but I wasn't always clear as to why.
My Atari 800 home computer would beep five characters before you got to the end of a logical line. A lot of the features on that computer seemed to be meant to be familiar to typewriter users.
Years later I got into Desktop Publishing where I learned All About page formatting.
I was able to relate some of the functions I was doing on my computer to what I had learned on that old typewriter. Suddenly tabs and margins made sense. Line spacing, letter spacing even.
I recently bought an almost-working Royal Model H, with the tab keys in the back.
But it also has decimal tabs, which I had never heard of on a typewriter. I thought this was something you could only do on a computer. It's a system where you can type a column of numbers, all lined up on the decimal point.
This is fascinating to me.
I'm now remembering wondering how people did some of that unique page layout I had seen in the '60s on what was obviously a typewritten page.
These are much more versatile machines than they appear to be at first glance.
Thank you! Now I have 9 typewriters and interested in seeing more of this content,though I already know how this stuff works.But still!😊
I started high school about a hundred years ago… in 1972, here in Canada where, at the time, high school was five years. I took typing and office practice classes right through high school and eventually taught at Olivetti. I have used manual typewriters, electrics, Selectrics, and electronic typewriters - the entire Olivetti ET line, as well as teaching classes on electronic typewriters and word processors, and eventually computer systems. You mentioned the “five or so spaces” at the end of the line. Actually, the standard is 7 spaces. As someone else has mentioned, when we learned to type on standards in grade 9, there were no characters on the key tops, which forced us to learn from the book next to the typewriter. We were forced to memorize the keys. If I could make a couple of (albeit unsolicited) suggestions: If you can find 1960s or 1970s’ typing books that would have been used in high schools, they will explain clearly how to format documents correctly and outline how the typewriter is used correctly. Secondly, use that book to learn to touch type! Pecking at the keys just doesn’t give one the enjoyment and speed that is offered by most machines. 1940s Smith Coronas, like the Clipper, the Silent, and the Sterling, are probably the best typewriters for touch typists, because those machines can really keep up. Olympias and Hermes aren’t even as conducive to touch typing as those 1940s SCs. Anyway, you’ll be amazed at what you can learn correctly from our old typing books from 50 or 60 years ago.
Hello from Ottawa!
I did exactly as you suggest and found second hand typewriting courses books in both French and English. I have the book Dactylographie générale by Laperle (Gregg series 1976) that was used in typing school classes in Québec and also Typewriting Technique and Short Cuts from Lenore MacClain (1948).
In addition, I bought Tap Touche, an online course on the computer. I love that it is interactive (adapts the exercises to each own's weaknesses) with games to improve muscle memory. It is used in primary schools to teach touch typing and is very reasonably priced at C$29.95 for one whole year. It is available in English and French, and has various keyboard layouts.
@@AtelierDBurgoyne I’m glad my comment helped. The other thing to remember ab out touch typing on a typewriter is that your fingers ought to “bounce” over the keys, unlike a computer, where the tops of the hands are fairly flat. On a typewriter, to get that bounce, your hands should be arced, or in a curved position and you really need to get that bounce to effectively strike the keys. Good luck with your typing!!
@@rosvw3517 Very true! The fingering is different but the software helps with learning the placement of the fingers.
@@AtelierDBurgoyne exactly!
Utilizing the tab/column setting is amazing for a screenplay format. This video is extremely helpful, thank you.
I have been playing with A5 paper (half size paper) and have my margins setup for that size but I have used the margin release to allow me to write on A4 paper (full size paper). Doing so allows me to change paper sizes with out having to reset my margins. I also love using tabs, when doing outlines for creative writing. It allows me to line up spacing for sections titles, notes and both indents for new paragraph and paragraph alignment. I also discovered that half size paper can fit lengthwise in a typewriter with a standard sized platin. Allowing for additional notes, should you wish to add them.
In two seconds, you can set the right margin, but I see your point.
Just love your videos Sarah! How to type missing symbols and numbers eg 1=L and a new one I saw on another YT channel $ = S + backspace then /, also good old fashioned emojis : ). Be great to see you do some examples of pen pal letters, invitation ideas, and poetry, things that get people using their typewriters. ❤ Love your work.
I plan in the future to purchase the 1930-45 royal typewriter
Great tutorial for newbies. Have you learned how to centre a heading? That might be interesting to people…
Iiiinteresting! I thought the tab button was just doing multiple spaces in one press. Turns out my Olivetti MS Premier tabs to these inch-long increments along the page. Pre-defined per the manual, I wish I had those physical tabs or that special lever where you can determine where you want your tab spacings to go.
I love your videos
Can you do a video about paper choices?
working on it!
Can you make vertical lines as well by inserting a pen or pencil and rolling the platen? Great video 👍
Since we both have a very similar looking Smith Corona Electra 120 (mine is a late 60's but looks identical), could you cover how/where to find and replace the replicable keys (far left and right top row with the colors around them). Mine is missing both, and I have not found a consistent nomenclature, and it took me a while to find what the odd colored keys were for (I assumed they needed to be set because mine wasn't making a mark - because it was missing the slug).
Also I am soon to receive a very old typewriter (hopefully I will like it because I want a big desk unit for my home office). Can you cover a little bit of common inner workings? Things you've found similar between makes and models?
Just a few ideas :) .
Try ebay for your replaceable keys!
Fantastic new series! Thank you!
Great Video!! I’ve always wondered what all of those extra parts were for. The blue nails with the line- I’m obsessed!! How did you do it?
Great vid, I learned a lot. 🙂
Great video! Out of curiosity, what's your oldest typewriter? I would love to see a video of your current collection.
I did a collection update a little over a year ago and my collection is pretty much the same! My Royal 10 is still my oldest
Very helpful video, Sarah, thank you!
I just bought a 1940s smith corona sterling 4A floating shift 1946 to be exact
This was super helpful! Thanks for this!
I have a couple of Olivetti Lettera 22 and a 32, and I always wonder why the typewriter had a triangle thing on it. Now I know, Thank you.
Good video. What is that typewriter book that is over your left shoulder? It has red letters. By the way. I love you set up where you display the typewriters. Did you buy that set up or had it especially built?
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Great idea!
I have recently bought a royal safari and the magic margins will not reset. It will not type no matter where the carriage is located unless I hold the margin release button. Is it possible this mechanism is damaged?
Hmm. It sounds like the rails need cleaned! Try cleaning around the back rail where the margins move. Then try setting them again!