To change the character styles

1. While there is text on the display, press STYLE.

– – – – STY L E – – – – –

BO LD

OU T L I NE

SHADOW

RA I SED

2.Use u and i to highlight the style you want to change to and then press SET.

– – – – STY L E – – – – –

–RANGE –

A L L

L I NE

CHARACTER

•What you should do next depends on the range you want to use.

•The range setting procedures are the same as those for font range settings.

ALL: SeeTo“ change the font for all the text .”

BLOCK: SeeTo“ change the font for blocks of text .”

LINE: SeeTo“ change the font for lines of text .”

CHARACTER: See “To change the font for specific char-

”acters .

To find out current character style settings

Use the tand ycursor keys to move the cursor around the display. The character style indicator shows the current character style setting for the character where the cursor is lo- cated.

Indicator

Meaning

Indicator

Meaning

 

 

 

 

A

Normal

A

Shadow

A

Bold

A

Raised

A

Outline

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Effects

You get a choice of three text effects: shading, underline, and box. Effects can be used in combination with each other.

Important! The text effects are applied to text on the dis- play, in addition to the printed text.

About text effect ranges

As with fonts and character styles, you can specify a range for your text effect specifications. The following shows an example for each of the ranges available for text effects.

BLOCK

This range specifies application of a text effect for all the text in a specific block.

A

B

C

D

 

1

2

3

4

5

a

b

c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•See page E-16 for details about how to use blocks.

LINE

This range specifies application of a text effect for all the text in a specific line.

A B C D

1 2 3 4 5

a b c

CHARACTER

This range specifies application of a text effect for a specific character.

A B C D

1 2 3 4 5

a b c

TEXT

This range is used to specify text across various lines, etc.

•A TEXT range specification must begin and end with in the same block.

A B C D

1 2 3 4 5

a b c

To assign text effects

1. While there is text on the display, press EFFECT.

– – – – EF FECT – – – –

UNDER L I NE

BOX

CANCE L

2.Use u and i to highlight the effect you want and then press SET.

– – – – EF FECT – – – –

–RANGE –

L I NE

CHARACTER

TEXT

•What you should do next depends on the range you want to use.

To change the text effects for blocks of text

1.After performing the two steps underTo“ assign text ef-

”fects , use“ uand ito highlight” BLOCK and then press SET.

– – – – EF FECT

– – – –

FROM ? B LOCK

 

A BCD 12345 a b c

•See page E-16 for details about how to use blocks.

2.Move the cursor to the start block from which you want to change the text effect and then press SET to register your selection.

– – – – EF FECT – – – –

TO ? B LOCK

A BCD

12345 B

L

a b c

3. Move the cursor to the end block up to which you want to change the text effect and then press SET to register your selection and change the effect.

•At this point, the label printer returns to the text input screen.

To change the text effect for lines of text

1.After performing the two steps underTo“ assign text ef- ,”use fectsand” thenLINE“ upressand i to highlight

SET.

2.Move the cursor to the start line from which you want to change the text effect and then press SET to register your selection.

3.Move the cursor to the end line up to which you want to change the text effect and then press SET to register

your selection and change the text effect.

•At this point, the label printer returns to the text input screen.

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