Deleting Text

Deleting one character at a time

To delete a character from an existing line of text, move the cursor to the character

to the right of the position you want to start deleting text and then press the key.

￿The character to the left of the cursor is deleted each time the key is pressed.

If you hold down the key, the characters left to the cursor are deleted continuously.

Deleting all text at once

Use the key to delete all text at once.

1Press the key.

The Clear options are displayed.

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EDITING A LABEL

2Using the or keys, select “Text Only” to delete all text while retaining the current format settings, or select “Text & Format” to delete all text and format settings.

Press the key to return to the text entry screen.

3Press the key.

All text is deleted. All format settings are also deleted if Text & Format was selected.

Entering Symbols

Including the symbols available on the keyboard, there are a total of 103 symbols (including international and extended ASCII characters) available with the Symbol function.

There are two methods of entering symbols:

Using the key.

Using the Symbol function.

Entering Symbols Using Key

Symbols printed in blue above the keys on the keyboard can be entered using the key.

• To enter one of these symbols, hold down the key and then press the desired key.

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Brother PT-18R manual Entering Symbols, Deleting Text Deleting one character at a time, Deleting all text at once