Casio KL-8100 Part 4 Deleting and Inserting Characters, Moving the Cursor, Clearing the Display

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2.Use u and i to move the highlighting to “RECALL” and then press SET.

3.Use t and y to select the user character you want and then press SET.

To delete a user character

1.Press FUNC and then ILLUST (USER CHR).

2.Use u and i to move the highlighting to “DELETE” and then press SET.

3.Use t and y to select the user character you want and then press SET.

4.Press SET to delete the selected character or ESC to abort without deleting anything.

Part 4 Deleting and Inserting Characters

This section describes everything you need to know about deleting and editing characters you have already input.

Moving the Cursor

Use the cursor keys to move the cursor around the display and position it for deleting and editing characters.

To move the cursor

Press t to move the cursor to the left, and y to move the cursor to the right.

Press SHIFT and then t to make the cursor jump to the next block mark () to the left. (See page E-16 for details about blocks).

Press SHIFT and then y to make the cursor jump to the next block mark () to the right.

Press FUNC and then t to make the cursor jump to the beginning (far left) of the current line.

Press FUNC and then y to make the cursor jump to the end (far right) of the current line.

Press FUNC and then u to make the cursor jump to the first character of the text.

Press FUNC and then i to make the cursor jump to the end of the text.

Holding down the t or y cursor key moves the cursor at high speed.

Deleting Individual Characters

You can delete individual characters with either the BS key or the DEL key. The only difference between the operation of these two keys is the location of the cursor.

To delete characters using the BS key

Example: To change the word “commmputer” to “computer”.

1. Use t and y to move the cursor under “p”.

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2.Press BS twice to delete the two m’s to the left of the cursor, shifting “puter” to the left as you do.

To delete characters using the DEL key

Example: To change the word “commmputer” to “computer”.

1.Use t and y to move the cursor under the first (far left) “m”.

2.Press DEL twice to delete the two m’s at the cursor’s position, shifting “mputer” to the left as you do.

Clearing the Display

The label printer gives you a choice of clearing the entire display or only a specific block of text.

To clear all text

1. Press FUNC and then BS (CLS).

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2.Use u and i to highlight “ALL” (if it isn’t already high- lighted).

3.Press SET.

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4.Press SET to clear all of the text on the display or ESC to abort without clearing anything.

To clear a portion of text

1.Press FUNC and then BS (CLS).

2.Use u and ito highlight “PART” (if it isn’t already high- lighted).

3. Press SET.

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4.Use t and y to move the cursor to start point of the text you want to delete and press SET.

5.Use t and y to move the cursor to end point of the text

you want to delete.

The text between the cursor and the start point is high- lighted as you move the cursor.

6.Press SET to clear the highlighted text or ESC to abort without clearing anything.

Text Editing

You can set up the label printer so it either overwrites exist- ing characters with new input, or inserts new input between existing characters. Note the following example.

Example

Existing text: ABCDEFGHI

Cursor location: E

New input: XXX

Overwrite

Result: ABCDXXXHI

Insert

Result: ABCDXXXEFGHI

To switch between overwrite and insert

1.Press FUNC and then FORM (SET UP) to display the SET UP menu.

2.Use u and i to highlight “INPUT” and then press SET.

3.Use u and i to highlight the setting you want (“IN- SERT” or “OVERWRITE”) and then press SET.

The CAPS indicator on the display is highlighted when overwrite is turned on. The CAPS indicator appears nor- mally (unhighlighted) when insert is turned on.

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Contents KL-8100 Important Safety Precautions About safety precaution symbolsExamples Creating a Label Using an Preset Auto Layout page E-19 IntroductionQuick Reference Getting ReadyContents Important Precautions Part 1 Getting AcquaintedPart 11 Stamp Printing Part 13 Data CommunicationPower Supply Part 2 Getting ReadyGeneral Guide Label Printer MenusTurning Power On and Off Power On Recall FunctionResetting the Memory Auto Power Off FunctionAbout the SET UP menu To load a tape cartridgeRemoving the Tape Cartridge Part 3 Inputting Characters and Symbols Basic Alpha-Numeric Input About the Code keyTo input alpha-numeric characters Inputting Illustrations User CharactersPart 4 Deleting and Inserting Characters Moving the CursorDeleting Individual Characters Clearing the DisplayPart 5 Character Attributes and Text Effects FontsCharacter Styles Text Effects Direct Specification of Character Sizes Part 6 Character SizesTo find out preset format character sizes About the format menuAbout Auto Sizing Use u and i to highlight Format and then press SETUsing the Layout Display Part 7 Form Menu FunctionsFundamentals of Label Layout Creating and Deleting BlocksTo display the ALL Form menu Printing Precautions To adjust the print densityPart 8 Printing Printing a TapePart 10 Presets Menu Functions Part 9 FramesTo use a preset layout to create a label and print it To store a label created using a preset layoutTo recall a preset layout label from memory To delete a preset layout label from memoryBar Code Tape To print a bar codeTo store a bar code To recall a bar code from memoryPart 11 Stamp Printing Part 12 Memory Cleaning the Printer Head and Roller Initial SettingsPart 13 Data Communication Part 14 ReferenceFormat Indicator Tape Length IndicatorIllustrations Symbols, Dingbats, and Special Charac- ters Initializing the Label PrinterBar Code Specifications Enlarged Label MeasurementsPhrases Bargain Do not Bend DuplicatefragileTroubleshooting Power SupplyUsing Labels Text InputError Messages Data CommunicationCannot transfer data Possible Cause Action MessageSpecifications Hon-machi 1-chome Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8543, Japan
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