Brother PT-2600 manual Importing Text, Using the Text History List, Adding a Symbol

IMPORTING TEXT

Text that has already been typed in another application can easily be imported into the label.

1Select the desired text in the other application.

2Import the text into the label layout either by pressing the designated shortcut keys (Windows® only) or by dragging it from the other application.

☞(Windows® only) To specify the shortcut keys used to import text, right-click in the label view (or text box), and then click [Options] in the menu that appears. In the Options dialog box that appears, select the desired shortcut keys for importing text.

USING THE TEXT HISTORY LIST

The 10 most recently printed texts are automatically stored for future use.

1 Click the Text History button to display the Text History list.

2Click the desired text.

☞Text selected from the Text History list replaces all text already entered in the lay- out.

ADDING A SYMBOL

A symbol from the various installed symbol fonts can be added at the left side of the label text.

1Windows®: Right-click in the label view (or text box), select [Symbols] in the menu that appears, and then click [Insert/Change]. The Input Symbol dialog box appears.

Macintosh: Hold down the Control key and click in the label view (or text box), select [Symbol font] in the menu that appears, and then click [Import/Change]. A dialog box dis- playing symbols appears.

2In the Symbol Font list, select the desired symbol font.

3In the Symbol List view, select the desired symbol.

4Click the OK button. The selected symbol is added at the left of the text.

☞If a symbol has already been added to the text, it will be replaced by the newly selected symbol.

CHANGING THE BACKGROUND COLOR

The background color of the layout can be changed to suit your preference.

●Windows®: Right-click in the label view (or text box), select [Background Color] in the menu that appears, and then click the desired color from the list.

Macintosh: Hold down the Control key and click in the label view (or text box), select [Background Color] in the menu that appears, and then click the desired color from the list.

☞To select a color other than those listed, select [User Settings] (Windows®) or [User Setting] (Macintosh) from the Background Color sub-menu, create the desired color in the dialog box that appears, and then click the OK button.

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