EDITING A LABEL

Entering and Editing Text

Entering Text from the Keyboard

The keyboard of your P-touch labeling system can be used in the same way as a standard computer keyboard.

Adding a New Line

To end the current line of text and start a new line, press the Enter key. A return mark appears at the end of the line and the cursor moves to the start of the new line.

Maximum number of lines

-0.94" (24 mm) tape: 7 lines

-0.70" (18 mm) tape: 5 lines

-0.47" (12 mm) tape: 3 lines

-0.35" (9 mm) and 0.23" (6 mm) tape: 2 lines

-0.13" (3.5 mm) tape: 1 line

Adding a New Block

When GENERAL is selected, you can create up to 99 new blocks. To create a new block of text/lines to the right of your current text, press the Shift key and then press the Enter key. The cursor moves to the start of the new block. In other labeling application types, you can set the number of blocks when pressing a label application key. Some labeling application types are not required.

Moving the Cursor

Press the , , or key to move the cursor one space or line.

To move the cursor to the beginning or end of the current line, press the Shift key and then press the or key.

To move the cursor to the beginning of previous or next block, press the Shift key and then press the or key.

Inserting Text

To insert additional text into an existing line of text, move the cursor to the character to the right of the position where you want to start inserting text and then enter the additional text. The new text is inserted to the left of the cursor.

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 BS (backspace) key. The character to the left of the cursor is deleted each time the BS (backspace) key is pressed.

If you hold down the BS (backspace) key, the characters left of the cursor are continuously deleted.

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