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4 use the computer keyboard to type in the text – Brother PT-2300 User Manual

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Creating a New Layout

Although the screens shown in the following explanations are for Windows

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95/98/98SE/Me,

the operations for Windows

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NT4.0/2000/XP and Macintosh are the same unless specifically

mentioned.

• Entering text

1

Click

(Text button) on the draw toolbar.

Text can be typed in, and the pointer changes from

(selection pointer) to

(I-beam

pointer).

2

Move the I-beam pointer to the position in the layout area where you wish to type in text,
and then click the left mouse button.

3

The cursor flashes in the layout area to indi-
cate that you can now type in text.

4

Use the computer keyboard to type in the
text.

5

To create a new line of text, press the keyboard’s Enter key.

With P-touch Editor version 3.1, text is always typed in using the insert mode. The
overwrite mode cannot be used to type in text.

To change the font and text size, click the appropriate icon in the property dock,
and then select the desired settings from the Properties that appear.

For details, refer to “Reading the User’s Guide” on page 13 for Windows and on
page 19 for Macintosh computers.

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