Importing Text; Using The Text History List; Adding A Symbol - Brother P-Touch 3600 User Manual

4 Click in the label view, and then type or
import the text.
NOTE
Typing in the label view shows the text as it will
appear when it is printed. However, by clicking the
(
Change View button
in the text box, giving you a clearer view of the
entered text.

Importing text

Text that has already been typed in another appli-
cation can easily be imported into the label.
To import text:
1 Select the desired text in the other applica-
tion.
2 Import the text into the label layout either
by pressing the designated shortcut keys
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(Windows only) or by dragging it from the
other application.
NOTE
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(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.
To use text from the Text History list:
1 Click the Text History button (
play the Text History list.
2 Click the desired text.
NOTE
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.
To add a symbol to the text:
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, the text is displayed
) to dis-
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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
[Symbols] in the menu that appears, and
then click [Insert/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.
NOTE
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.
To change the background color:
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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.
NOTE
To select a color other than those listed, select
[User Settings] (Windows
intosh) from the Background Color sub-menu, cre-
ate the desired color in the dialog box that appears,
and then click the OK button.
Ch. 2 Getting Started
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) or [User Settings] (Mac-
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