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Abstract

A method of setting the operating parameters in a microprocessor controlled typewriter or like office machine having a microprocessor, a set-up initiating actuator, a data input keyboard which includes (i) a printer-advance actuator, (ii) a first command actuator, and (iii) a second command actuator, a memory, a record carrier, and a printing apparatus including the steps of: (a) actuating the set-up initiating actuator disposed on the keyboard to enter a set-up mode and to recall a set-up plane which lists a plurality of sub-planes; (b) displaying the set-up plane on the record carrier; (c) selecting one of the plurality of sub-planes by using the printer-advance actuator; (d) actuating the first command actuator to recall from memory the selected sub-plane and to print the parameters of the selected sub-plane upon the record carrier; (e) selecting one of the values of the selected sub-plane by using the printer-advance actuator; (f) storing the selected value in the memory; (g) actuating the second command actuator to cause the microprocessor to (i) replace the stored values of the parameters of the selected sub-plane with the selected ones of the selected sub-plane, (ii) cause the printing apparatus to indicate the selected ones of the parameters of the selected sub-plane on the record carrier, (iii) recall from the memory the set-up plane, and (iv) cause the printing apparatus to display the set-up plane on the record carrier.

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