Editing A Label; Entering And Editing Text; Entering Text From The Keyboard; Adding A New Line - Brother P-Touch PT-18RKT User Manual

EDITING A LABEL

Using the keyboard of your P-touch is very similar to using a typewriter or word
processor.

Entering Text from the Keyboard

• To enter a lowercase letter or a number, simply press the desired key.
• To enter a blank space in the text, press the
• To enter an uppercase letter or one of the symbols on the number keys, hold down
the key and then press the desired key.
• To enter uppercase letters continuously, press the
then press the desired keys.
• To exit Caps mode, press the
• To enter a lowercase letter while in Caps mode, hold down the
desired key.

Adding a New Line

• To end the current line of text and start a new line, press the
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 can be entered for 0.70"(18 mm) tape, 3 lines for 0.47" (12 mm) tape, and
2 lines for 0.35" (9 mm) and 0.23" (6 mm) tape.
• If you press the

Moving the Cursor

• To move the cursor left, right, up or down, press the
press of the key moves the cursor one space or line.
• To move the cursor to the beginning or end of the current line, hold down the
and then press the
• To move the cursor to the very beginning or end of the text, hold down the
and then press the

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.
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Entering and Editing Text

Entering and Editing Text
key again.
key when five lines already exist, an error message is displayed.
or keys.
or keys.
key.
key to enter Caps mode, and
key and then press the
key. A return mark
, or keys. Each
key
key