Electronic typewriter selectively responsive to set tabs and set decimal point tabs

An electronic typewriter comprising:

• a movable carriage;
• a printing unit mounted on said carriage;
• setting means capable of setting a print start position of said carriage at a plurality of desired positions;
• decision means for deciding whether or not at least a predetermined one of the desired positions set by said setting means is to be ignored during printing by said print unit;
• and
• control means for controlling said carriage to sequentially move to said plurality of desired positions and for ignoring the at least one predetermined position in response to the decision by said decision means.

An electronic typewriter comprising:

• a movable carriage;
• a printing head mounted on the carriage;
• storing means for separately storing a plurality of tab stop information and decimal tab stop information for one line;
• access means for selectively accessing said decimal tab stop information stored in said storing means;
• and
• setting means for setting said carriage to a decimal tab stop position which is the closest to the current position of said carriage in response to access thereof by said access means.

An electronic typewriter comprising:

• a movable carriage;
• a printer head mounted on said carriage;
• storing means for separately storing a plurality of tab stop information and decimal tab stop information for one line;
• decision means for deciding (1) whether both the tab stop information and decimal tab stop information are to be accessed or (2) whether only the tab stop information is to be accessed from said storing means;
• and
• control means for controlling movement of said carriage in response to the decision of said decision means.

An electronic typewriter comprising:

• a movable carriage;
• a printer head mounted on said carriage;
• control means for controlling the movement of said carriage;
• storing means for separately storing a plurality of tab stop information and decimal tab stop information;
• access means for selectively assessing the decimal tab stop information stored in said storing means;
• and
• output means for outputting input information;
• said control means enabling said carriage to move to a decimal tab stop position in response to said decimal tab stop information accessed by said access means.

An electronic typewriter comprising:

• character input means for inputting characters at input positions;
• storing means for separately storing a plurality of tab stop position information and decimal tab stop position information;
• access means for selectively accessing said decimal tab stop position information stored in said storing means;
• and
• means for setting the character input position of said input means at a decimal tab stop position which is the closest to the current character input position in response to access of decimal tab stop position information by said access means.