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Deleting text, Entering symbols, Entering symbols using the symbol function – Brother PT-E300 User Manual

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EDITING A LABEL

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Entering Symbols

Deleting Text

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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.

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Deleting all text at once
Use the Clear key to delete all text at once.

Press the Clear key.

The Clear options are displayed.

Using the or key, select “Text Only” to delete all text while

retaining the current format settings, or select "Text&Format" to

delete all text and format settings.

Press the OK or Enter key.

All text is deleted. All format settings are also deleted if

"Text&Format" was selected.

In addition to the symbols available on the keyboard, there are various symbols (including

international and extended ASCII characters) available with the symbol function.

To enter a symbol, use the Symbol function (see below).

Alternatively, press the Shift key and then press a key on the keyboard to enter the symbol

printed on the selected key's upper-right corner.

Selectable “Symbols” are listed in the Appendix. (See page 51)

Entering Symbols Using the Symbol Function

Press the Symbol key.

A list of symbol categories and symbols in that category is displayed.

Select a symbol category (Punctuation, Mathematics, etc.) using the or key or by

pressing the Symbol key repeatedly, and then press the OK or Enter key.

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

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• Press the Escape key to return to the text entry screen, without

erasing (or clearing) text or format.

• When "Text&Format" is selected, all the texts and fonts are

cleared and back to GENERAL.

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Entering Symbols

The last symbol entered is selected in the displayed list.

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