Using P-Touch Editor 3.2 - Brother P-touch PT-9600 User Manual

Ch. 2 Getting Started
On a Macintosh Computer
To view the User's Guide from the CD-ROM:
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Double-click "Main.htm" in the User's
Guide folder within the P-touch Editor 3.2
folder on the CD-ROM.
To view the User's Guide installed on the
hard disk:
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Double-click "Main.htm" in the User's
Guide folder within the P-touch Editor 3.2
folder installed on the computer.

Using P-touch Editor 3.2

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P-touch Editor 3.2 makes it easy for anyone to
design and print more complex labels for almost
any need imaginable.
Starting up P-touch Editor 3.2
To start up P-touch Editor 3.2:
On a computer running Windows
1 Click the Start button in the taskbar to dis-
play the Start menu.
2 Point to "Programs".
3 Point to "P-touch Editor 3.2".
4 Click "P-touch Editor 3.2".
When P-touch Editor is started, the following
window is displayed.
Menu bar
Standard toolbar
Property dock
Layout area
Print area
Draw toolbar
Object dock
Status bar
On a Macintosh computer
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Double-click the P-touch Editor 3.2 icon in
the P-touch Editor 3.2 folder installed on
the computer.
When P-touch Editor is started, the following
window is displayed.
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Title bar
Rulers
Cursor
Rulers
Menu bar
Draw toolbar
Print toolbar
Database toolbar
Property dock
Object dock
Status bar
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NOTE
To view the help for the Mac version of P-touch
Editor 3.2, double-click "Main.htm" in the Help
folder within the P-touch Editor 3.2 folder installed
on the computer.
Displaying the Properties
NOTE
Although the screens shown in the following expla-
nations are for Windows
operations for Windows
tosh are the same unless specifically mentioned.
The desired Properties can be displayed by
clicking the icon in the property dock.
Page Properties icon
Font Properties icon
Layout Properties icon
To display the Properties:
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Click the icon.
Page Properties (
Click this button to
hide the Properties.
Layout area Print area Title bar
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98, 98 SE and Me, the
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2000 and XP and Macin-
Text Properties icon
Database Properties
icon (replaced with the
database toolbar on the
Mac version of the soft-
ware)
)
When the P-touch 9600/3600
is selected as the printer: