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TAB FUNCTION

This function allows you to separate sections of a line of text by adding tabs. This enables you to create perfectly aligned columns without having to type in several spaces. All tabs have the same length and are measured from either the beginning of the line or the previous tab, if there is more than one. The tab length can be set between 0.0” and 11.8” (0.0 and 30.0 cm).

The text cannot contain more than 50 tabs. If the maximum number of tabs has already been added to the text when cis held down and Qis pressed, the error message

TAB LIMIT!appears.

To set the tab length:

1Hold down cand press Wonce. The current tab length is displayed.

2Press eor huntil the desired length is displayed or use the number keys to type in the length.

To change the units (inches or centimeters) used to display the tab lengths, press

Muntil the desired units are displayed.

3Press _.

To add a tab:

Hold down cand press Qonce. The tab mark ( ) appears in the text to indicate the position of the tab.

If the text in front of a tab extends past the point where the next section of text should start, the text will instead start at the following tab position.

For example, if the tab length is set to 1.2” (3.0 cm) and the following text is typed in:

1:A B CD E FG H I

2:J K L M N O P Q R S TU

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Brother PT-2600 manual TAB Function, To set the tab length, To add a tab