Electronic typewriter

Claim 1

An electronic typewriter comprising a printer having a print head shiftable along a printing line of a recording sheet; a driving unit for shifting said print head by a space corresponding to one character, in each printing line; a keyboard provided with an arrangement of character keys, a space key, a code key, and function keys, to provide code data corresponding to said keys; memory means for sequentially storing data entered from said keyboard; means responsive to actuation of said code key to prohibit entry of data into said memory means while said code key is actuated; a display unit for displaying data stored in said memory means; control means for controlling said printer to print out sequentially on said recording paper only data overflowed from said display unit, upon entry of new data ; and shifting means, under the combined control of said control means, said code key and said space key, for operating only said driving unit to selectively shift said print head by a space in the character feed direction without any data being entered into said memory means, in response to simultaneous operation of said code key and said space key and after entry operation has started.