EDITING A LABEL

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.

There is a maximum number of lines of text that can be entered for each tape width. A maximum of 5 lines for 0.70" (18mm) tape, 3 lines for 0.47" (12mm) tape, 2 lines for 0.35" (9mm) and 0.23" (6 mm) tape, and 1 line for 0.13" (3.5mm) tape.

If you press the Enter key when five lines already exist, an error message is displayed.

To change the character attribute of each line, refer to “Setting Character Attributes by Each Line” on page 32.

Adding a New Block

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.

A maximum of 5 blocks can be entered in one label.

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 very beginning or end of the text, 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 Backspace key. The character to the left of the cursor is deleted each time the Backspace key is pressed.

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

„Deleting all text at once

Use the Clear key to delete all text at once.

1Press the Clear key.

The Clear options are displayed.

 

Entering and Editing Text

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