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Original typewriters didn't have quite as many keys as computer keyboards today do. They had letters of the alphabet, numbers and symbols across the tops of the numbers, with a shift key for capital letters, and a caps lock key, plus a tab key and a backspace key.

These keys were arranged in the identical order as the same keys are on today's keyboards.

Instead of a "return" key, they had a manual level on the right of the typewriter that you reached up and pulled to the left (using your right hand) to advance to the beginning of the next line.

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