Importing Text; Using The Text History List; Adding A Symbol; Changing The Background Color - Brother P-touch PT-1500PC Quick Reference

Importing text

Text that has already been typed in another appli-
cation can easily be imported into the label.
1 Select the desired text in the other
application.
2 Import the text into the label layout either by
pressing the designated shortcut keys
(Windows only) or by dragging it from the
other application.
(Windows only) To specify the shortcut
keys used to import text, right-click in the
label view (or text box), and then click
[Options] in the menu that appears. In the
Options dialog box that appears, select the
desired shortcut keys for importing text.

Using the Text History list

The 10 most recently printed texts are automati-
cally stored for future use.
1 Click the Text History button (
display the Text History list.
2 Click the desired text.
Text selected from the Text History list
replaces all text already entered in the
layout.

Adding a symbol

A symbol from the various installed symbol fonts
can be added at the left side of the label text.
1 (Windows) Right-click in the label view (or text
box), select [Symbols] in the menu that appears,
and then click [Insert/Change]. The Input Sym-
bol dialog box appears.
(Macintosh) Hold down the Control key and
click in the label view (or text box), select
[Symbol font] in the menu that appears, and
then click [Import/Change]. A dialog box
displaying symbols appears.
2 In the Symbol Font list, select the desired
symbol font.
3 In the Symbol List view, select the desired symbol.
4 Click the OK button. The selected symbol is
added at the left of the text.

Changing the background color

The background color of the layout can be
changed to suit your preference.
• (Windows) Right-click in the label view (or text
box), select [Background Color] in the menu
that appears, and then click the desired color
from the list.
(Macintosh) Hold down the Control key and
click in the label view (or text box), select
[Background Color] in the menu that appears,
and then click the desired color from the list.
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Viewing the text

Layouts that are too long to fit in the screen can be
scrolled by clicking the Arrange button (
view the left, the center, then the right side of the
layout with each click of the button.

Printing

Before printing labels, certain print options can
be selected.
1 Click the arrow beside the Print button
(
2 (Windows) Click [Print Options]. The Print
dialog box appears.
(Macintosh) Click [Print]. A dialog box
containing the print options appears.
If a symbol has already been added to the
text, it will be replaced by the newly
selected symbol.
To select a color other than those listed,
select [User Settings] (Windows) or [User
Setting] (Macintosh) from the Background
Color submenu, create the desired color
in the dialog box that appears, and then
click the OK button.
If the label view (or text box) has been
moved away from the tool bar, it will be
docked before scrolling.
) to display a drop-down menu.
On the Macintosh, this dialog box can
also be displayed by just clicking the Print
button.
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