Brother P-touch 2600, 2610 User Manual page 43

IMPORTING TEXT
Text that has already been typed in another application 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 (Win-
dows 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 automatically stored for future use.
1 Click the Text History button
2 Click the desired text.

Text selected from the Text History list replaces all text already entered in the lay-
out.
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 Symbol 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 dis-
playing 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.

If a symbol has already been added to the text, it will be replaced by the newly
selected symbol.
CHANGING THE BACKGROUND COLOR
The background color of the layout can be changed to suit your preference.
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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.

To select a color other than those listed, select [User Settings] (Windows) or [User
Setting] (Macintosh) from the Background Color sub-menu, create the desired color
in the dialog box that appears, and then click the OK button.
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to display the Text History list.