You can check the layout of your label at any time using the layout display. The layout display shows all of the graphics and text elements that make up your label to give you a general idea of how the label is laid out.
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2.If the label layout is too big to fit on a single display, use uand ito scroll it. ∙ Pressing ureturns to the top of the layout.
3.Press ESC to quit the layout display.
∙You can view the actual appearance of the label using the image display, which is described on page
The following procedures describe how to create and delete blocks. Later you will learn how you can change certain settings on a
To create a block
Example: To input the text “ABXYZ Computer Company” and create two blocks: “ABXYZ” and “Computer Company”.
1.Input the text.
2.Move the cursor to the space between “ABXYZ” and “Computer Company”.
3.Press BLOCK.
∙If you wanted to break the text up into three blocks, you should input another block mark.
To delete a block mark
To delete a block mark, use the procedures for DEL as described under “Deleting Individual Characters” (page
You cannot use BS for deleting block marks.
Important!
∙You can input up to 15 block marks into a single passage of text.
∙When your passage of text consists of a single block (when it contains no 
), pressing the FORM key displays BLOCK FORMAT menu 1/4 through 4/4, followed by OVERALL FORMAT menu 1/6 through 6/6. Make the settings you want as each of these screens appears.
∙When your passage of text consists of multiple blocks (when it contains at least one 
), pressing the FORM key displays the FORM menu. Select BLOCK FORMAT, and then ONE BLOCK or ALL BLOCKS in the RANGE setting screen to display BLOCK FORMAT menu 1/4 through 4/4, or OVERALL FORMAT to display OVERALL FORMAT menu 1/6 through 6/6.
The procedures in this section can be used to control the following parameters for each block.
∙Direction (horizontal, vertical)
∙Alignment (left, equal justify, equal ragged, center, right)
∙Character pitch (8/8, 9/8, 10/8, 11/8, 12/8, 16/8, 24/8 character)
∙Block length (auto, fixed)
Use the BLOCK FORMAT menu to perform block operations.
To display the BLOCK FORMAT menu
1.While there is text on the display, press FORM.
∙This menu appears only when the passage
of text consists of multiple blocks (when it contains at least one 
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2.Use u and ito move the highlighting to “BLOCK FORMAT” and then press SET.