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Ch. 2 Getting Started

Using P-touch Editor 3.2

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P-touch Editor 3.2 makes it easy for anyone to design and print more complex labels for almost any need imaginable.

Starting up P-touch Editor 3.2

To start up P-touch Editor 3.2:

On a computer running Windows®

1Click the Start button in the taskbar to dis- play the Start menu.

2Point to “Programs”.

3Point to “P-touch Editor 3.2”.

4Click “P-touch Editor 3.2”.

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

Menu bar	Title bar
Standard toolbar
Property dock	Rulers
Layout area
	Cursor
Print area
Draw toolbar
Object dock
Status bar

On a Macintosh computer

●Double-click the P-touch Editor 3.2 icon in the P-touch Editor 3.2 folder installed on the computer.

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

Rulers Layout area Print area Title bar

Menu bar

Draw toolbar

Print toolbar

Database toolbar

Property dock

Object dock

Status bar

NOTE

To view the help for the Mac version of P-touch Editor 3.2, double-click “Main.htm” in the Help folder within the P-touch Editor 3.2 folder installed on the computer.

Displaying the Properties

NOTE

Although the screens shown in the following explanations are for Windows® 98, 98 SE and Me, the

operations for Windows® 2000 and XP and Macintosh are the same unless specifically mentioned.

The desired Properties can be displayed by clicking the icon in the property dock.

Page Properties icon	Text Properties icon
Font Properties icon	Database Properties
	icon (replaced with the
	database toolbar on the
Layout Properties icon	Mac version of the soft-
	ware)

To display the Properties:

●Click the icon.

Page Properties ( )

Click this button to hide the Properties.

When the P-touch 9600/3600 is selected as the printer:

Entering text

NOTE

Although the screens shown in the following explanations are for Windows® 98, 98 SE and Me, the

operations for Windows® 2000 and XP and Macintosh are the same unless specifically mentioned.

1Click (Text button) on the draw toolbar. Text can be typed in, and the pointer

changes from (selection pointer) to (I-beam pointer).

2Move the I-beam pointer to the position in the layout area where you wish to type in text, and then click the left mouse button. The cursor flashes in the layout area to indi- cate that you can now type in text.

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