Specifying A Label Size - Brother P-Touch 3600 User Manual

Ch. 2 Getting Started
When P-touch Quick Editor is started, the fol-
lowing window is displayed.
NOTE
P-touch Quick Editor can be hidden or displayed
by clicking its icon in the system tray, at the right of
the taskbar.
On a Macintosh computer
●
Double-click the P-touch Quick Editor icon
in the P-touch Quick Editor folder installed
on the computer.
When P-touch Quick Editor is started, the fol-
lowing window is displayed.
NOTE
To view the help for the Mac version of P-touch
Quick Editor, double-click "Help.html" in the P-
touch Quick Editor folder installed on the com-
puter.

Specifying a label size

Before entering text, the label size must be set. A
selection of preset layout sizes is available for a
variety of needs.
NOTE
Although the screens shown in the following expla-
nations are for Windows
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operations for Windows
tosh are the same unless specifically mentioned.
To specify the label size:
1 Click the arrow beside the Properties button
( ) to display a drop-down menu.
2 Click [Tape Settings] to display various
label format settings.
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Label view
Toolbar
Label view
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98, 98 SE and Me, the
2000 and XP and Macin-
NOTE
The Tape Settings can also be displayed by select-
ing [View Properties], then clicking [Tape Settings]
in the pop-up menu, displayed by right-clicking
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(Windows ) or holding down the Control key and
clicking (Macintosh) in the label view.
3 In the Format list, click the desired label for-
mat.
NOTE
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The size of the label layout can also be set by
specifying the Length and Width settings or by
dragging the edges of the label view until the
layout is the desired size.
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Three preset label formats for AV labels are
available, allowing you to easily create address
or file folder labels by simply selecting the for-
mat, then entering the text.
Entering text
The entire text can quickly be formatted by
specifying the font, size, style and alignment. In
addition, a frame can be drawn around the text.
To enter text:
1 Click the arrow beside the Properties button
( ) to display a drop-down menu.
2 Click [Text Settings] to display various text
format settings.
NOTE
The Text Settings can also be displayed by selecting
[View Properties], then clicking [Text Settings] in
the pop-up menu, displayed by right-clicking (Win-
®
dows ) or holding down the Control key and click-
ing (Macintosh) in the label view.
3 In the Text Settings Properties, select the
desired text formats.