Using P-touch Quick Editor

The P-touch Quick Editor enables you to design a simple label layout quickly and easily. In addition to the various functions available through the buttons in the toolbar, right-clicking (Windows®) or holding down the Control key and clicking (Macintosh) in the label view displays a pop-up menu containing more commands.

Starting up P-touch Quick Editor

￿When P-touch Quick Editor is installed on a PC, you can choose to add shortcuts to the desktop, the StartUp menu, and to the Quick Launch toolbar.

On an IBM PC-compatible computer:•If a shortcut was added to the StartUp menu:￿P-touch Quick Editor automatically starts up when the computer is started up.•If a shortcut was added to the desktop:￿Double-click the P-touch Quick Editor icon on the desktop.

•If a shortcut was added to the Quick Launch toolbar:

￿Double-click the P-touch Quick Editor icon in the Quick Launch toolbar.•If no shortcuts were added:1 Click the Start button in the taskbar to display the Start menu.2 Select “Programs”.3 Click “P-touch Quick Editor”.After P-touch Quick Editor is started, the following window is displayed.

Toolbar

Label view

￿P-touch Quick Editor can be hidden or displayed by clicking its icon in the system tray, at the right of the taskbar.

On a Macintosh computer:

•Double-click the P-touch Quick Editor icon in the P- touch Quick Editor folder installed on the computer.

After P-touch Quick Editor is started, the following window is displayed.

Toolbar

Label view

Specifying a label size

Before entering text, the label size must be set. A selection of preset layout sizes is available for a variety of needs.

1Click the arrow beside the Properties button( ) to display a drop-down menu.2Click [Tape Settings] to display various label format settings.

￿The Tape Settings can also be displayed by selecting [View Properties], then clicking [Tape Settings] in the pop-up menu, displayed by right-clicking (Windows®) or holding down the Control key and clicking (Macintosh) in the label view.

3In the Format list, click the desired label format.

￿The size of the label layout can also be set by specifying the Length and Width settings or by dragging the edges of the label view until the layout is the desired size.

Entering text

The entire text can quickly be formatted by specifying the font, size, style and alignment. In addi- tion, a frame can be drawn around the text.

1Click the arrow beside the Properties button

( ) to display a drop-down menu.

2Click [Text Settings] to display various text format settings.

￿The Text Settings can also be displayed by selecting [View Properties], then clicking [Text Settings] in the pop-up menu, displayed by right-clicking (Windows®) or holding down the Control key and clicking (Macintosh) in the label view.

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