Using P-Touch Quick Editor; Starting Up P-Touch Quick Editor; Specifying A Label Size - Brother 9600 Guía De Usuario

Ch. 2 Getting Started
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P-touch Editor 3.2 can import files other
than mdb files, such as csv files. Files saved
as csv files with an application such as
Microsoft Excel can be used with P-touch
Editor. Refer to the User's Guide supplied
on the P-touch Editor 3.2 CD-ROM for
more details.
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Using a function available with Microsoft
Access 97, Excel files can be linked to mdb
files. With this function, data changed in
Excel is automatically updated with the
P-touch Editor.

Using P-touch Quick Editor

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P-touch Quick Editor enables you to design a
simple label layout quickly and easily. In addi-
tion to the various functions available through
the buttons in the toolbar, right-clicking (Win-
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dows ) or holding down the Control key and
clicking (Macintosh) in the label view displays a
pop-up menu containing more commands.

Starting up P-touch Quick Editor

To start up P-touch Quick Editor:
On a computer running Windows
- If a shortcut was added to the Startup menu:
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P-touch Quick Editor automatically
starts when the computer is started up.
- If a shortcut was added to the desktop:
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Double-click the P-touch Quick Editor
icon on the desktop.
- If a shortcut was added to the Quick Launch
toolbar:
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Double-click the P-touch Quick Editor
icon in the Quick Launch toolbar.
- If no shortcuts were added:
1 Click the Start button in the taskbar to
display the Start menu.
2 Point to "Programs".
3 Click "P-touch Quick Editor".
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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
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Double-click the P-touch Quick Editor icon
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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
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.
Toolbar
Label view
Toolbar
Label view
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