| IN THE ROOM | |
| MOUSE | look. Click the room once to lock the pointer; ESC releases it. |
| W A S D | walk |
| E | use whatever the crosshair is on — desk, machine, board, cabinet, grate |
| F | sit down / stand up |
| ESC | back one step |
| FORMA 2 — THE TYPEWRITER | |
| letters, digits | type. The clerk refuses a line before the carriage will leave it. |
| ENTER | carriage return, next line |
| BACKSPACE | rub out |
| UP | back to the previous line |
| THE CORKBOARD | |
| LEFT MOUSE | take a slip, tack it |
| RIGHT MOUSE | run cord, pin to pin |
| P | push or pull a pin |
| N | a new blank slip |
| ENTER | write on a slip |
| DEL | take it down |
| MASHINA SH-4 | |
| TYPE | work it. The glow display dims; you read it as it fades. |
| [ ] | the card hopper |
| ENTER | feed the punch card |
| R | reject |
| TAB | mode |
| BACKSPACE | re-set |
| ANYWHERE | |
| F5 / F6 | internal buffer, down / up (also in SETTINGS) |
| F7 | the effects panel, one effect at a time |