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(Based on BS 5261 part 2) Instruction

Leave unchanged Insert new matter Delete Delete & close up Wrong type font used Insert a full stop Insert a colon Insert a semi-colon Insert a comma Insert single quotes Insert double quotes Insert apostrophe Insert word in superscript Insert word in subscript Change to italics Change to bold Change to bold italics Change to capitals Too many cooks This sentence must end

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InterColor consortium The rrrred hen See |the| table on page 5. See |the| table on page 5.

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To cancel an instruction wrongly requested Insert text Delete text Delete & close text Change font type

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Ring to make more obvious Ring to make more obvious Ring to make more obvious Ring to make more obvious Quotation marks Double quotation marks Apostrophe Change to superscript Change to subscript

This clause has a point This is wrong, I should Fish The The

chips and peas liberated liberated territory territory

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s pyjamas

23,500 m3 of lumber An escape of CO2 gas An incredible fortune An incredible fortune An incredible fortune When in Rome, do as

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FAILURE is seen

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Change italics to standard Start new paragraph No new paragraph; run on Insert space between characters or words Close space between characters or words

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An incredible fortune Are confirmed. The new name for the company is are confirmed. The new name for the

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Standard Begin new paragraph Close up to last paragraph

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This type face is called

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are confirmed. Indent text by amount indicated The new name for the company

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are confirmed. Cancel indent Transpose characters Transpose words Take over to next line The new name for the company Accidents ahppen This fat full cheese Cider apples have been a major source of income Cider apples have been a major source of income Swap letters around Swap words around Cancel indent

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Take to last line

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harms you and Smoking seriously others around you

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Insert space between line or paragraphs Reduce space between line or paragraphs Insert line space Remove line space

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