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..., disassemble, or decompile any part of the SOFTWARE without prior written permission by Brother Industries, Ltd. ("BROTHER") or its suppliers. 2. All rights, titles and interests in layouts Printing a layout containing data merged from a record Saving a database document Reference P-touch Editor Environment Layout document window Record view window Pop-Up menu commands Menu bar...
..., disassemble, or decompile any part of the SOFTWARE without prior written permission by Brother Industries, Ltd. ("BROTHER") or its suppliers. 2. All rights, titles and interests in layouts Printing a layout containing data merged from a record Saving a database document Reference P-touch Editor Environment Layout document window Record view window Pop-Up menu commands Menu bar...
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... start up using the Start button 1. Click the Start button in the "P-touch Editor 3.1" group window. Select "Programs". 3. Starting up P-touch Editor by clicking its icon in the "P-touch Editor 3.1" group window or by clicking the "P-touch Editor 3.1" icon Double-click the "P-touch Editor 3.1" icon in the taskbar to display the Start menu. 2. Start up...
... start up using the Start button 1. Click the Start button in the "P-touch Editor 3.1" group window. Select "Programs". 3. Starting up P-touch Editor by clicking its icon in the "P-touch Editor 3.1" group window or by clicking the "P-touch Editor 3.1" icon Double-click the "P-touch Editor 3.1" icon in the taskbar to display the Start menu. 2. Start up...
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More detailed explanations of commands and dialog boxes can be found in order to start using P-touch Editor. We recommend that this chapter provides only enough information to help you get started. Note that you need to know in Reference. Basic Operations This chapter walks you through the basics you go through the examples to become familiar with how to use the mouse to create objects and move them around the layout area and how to create your own database.
More detailed explanations of commands and dialog boxes can be found in order to start using P-touch Editor. We recommend that this chapter provides only enough information to help you get started. Note that you need to know in Reference. Basic Operations This chapter walks you through the basics you go through the examples to become familiar with how to use the mouse to create objects and move them around the layout area and how to create your own database.
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Creating a new layout document A new layout document can be created in either of the following ways: q starting up P-touch Editor (Click here) q pulling down the [File] menu, then selecting the [New] command (1) Menu bar (2) Standard toolbar (3) Property dock (4) Rulers (5) Draw toolbar (7) Layout area (8) Cursor (9) Print area (10) Object dock (11) Status bar (6) Title bar q Click here for a detailed explanation of the layout document window and its components.
Creating a new layout document A new layout document can be created in either of the following ways: q starting up P-touch Editor (Click here) q pulling down the [File] menu, then selecting the [New] command (1) Menu bar (2) Standard toolbar (3) Property dock (4) Rulers (5) Draw toolbar (7) Layout area (8) Cursor (9) Print area (10) Object dock (11) Status bar (6) Title bar q Click here for a detailed explanation of the layout document window and its components.
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... to use. q For our example, select "NAMEPLT". Click , or pull down the [File] menu and select the [Auto Format] command. Using the Auto Format Wizard P-touch Editor's Auto Format feature makes creating labels as easy as selecting a format and inputting text. With this feature, you wish to the...
... to use. q For our example, select "NAMEPLT". Click , or pull down the [File] menu and select the [Auto Format] command. Using the Auto Format Wizard P-touch Editor's Auto Format feature makes creating labels as easy as selecting a format and inputting text. With this feature, you wish to the...
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... the Current Page Size" option is turned on , the size of the new document created using the Auto Format Wizard is automatically adjusted to the P-touch model being used. 8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 until the text appears as you wish. Click to advance to "BILL REYNOLDS". 9. q For our example, let's change the...
... the Current Page Size" option is turned on , the size of the new document created using the Auto Format Wizard is automatically adjusted to the P-touch model being used. 8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 until the text appears as you wish. Click to advance to "BILL REYNOLDS". 9. q For our example, let's change the...
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Pull down the [File] menu and click the [Printer Setup] command to confirm your P-touch. 1. Click to display the Printer Setup dialog box. (The dialog box shown is for the PT-9200DX(Serial) printer driver.) 2. Select the printer. 1. Click "P-touch Series Printer" and select "PT-9200DX". 3. Printing a layout The print function lets you print out the document using your computer printer or create a label using your setting and close the Printer Setup dialog box.
Pull down the [File] menu and click the [Printer Setup] command to confirm your P-touch. 1. Click to display the Printer Setup dialog box. (The dialog box shown is for the PT-9200DX(Serial) printer driver.) 2. Select the printer. 1. Click "P-touch Series Printer" and select "PT-9200DX". 3. Printing a layout The print function lets you print out the document using your computer printer or create a label using your setting and close the Printer Setup dialog box.
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... assigned to keep copies of the old and the new versions of a layout file. Saving a layout document When you start working on a new layout, the P-touch Editor automatically gives it .
... assigned to keep copies of the old and the new versions of a layout file. Saving a layout document When you start working on a new layout, the P-touch Editor automatically gives it .
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When a field is created, it easier to find a desired record. Each record consists of a number of fields, each column. If your P-touch Editor, you can create useful databases to sort the records, making it is a list of customers, for example, each record could contain a field for... the first name, a field for the last name, a field for the telephone number, etc. A P-touch Editor database document is made up of the table, and the fields are the columns. The records are the rows of a table, divided into records...
When a field is created, it easier to find a desired record. Each record consists of a number of fields, each column. If your P-touch Editor, you can create useful databases to sort the records, making it is a list of customers, for example, each record could contain a field for... the first name, a field for the last name, a field for the telephone number, etc. A P-touch Editor database document is made up of the table, and the fields are the columns. The records are the rows of a table, divided into records...
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... 97 are the basic steps for creating a database. 1. A new table can be created by following the steps below. 1. Creating a database The following are incompatible with P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1. However, files created in...
... 97 are the basic steps for creating a database. 1. A new table can be created by following the steps below. 1. Creating a database The following are incompatible with P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1. However, files created in...
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Saving a database document Use the same procedures as those outlined Saving a layout document. Note: Files saved with P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1 are saved with the same .mdb extension used by Microsoft® Access 97.
Saving a database document Use the same procedures as those outlined Saving a layout document. Note: Files saved with P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1 are saved with the same .mdb extension used by Microsoft® Access 97.
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It contains detailed information about the P-touch Editor's windows, docks, toolbars, commands and dialog boxes. Reference This chapter is organized as a reference.
It contains detailed information about the P-touch Editor's windows, docks, toolbars, commands and dialog boxes. Reference This chapter is organized as a reference.
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P-touch Editor environment Layout document window (1) Menu bar (2) Standard toolbar (3) Property dock (4) Rulers (5) Draw toolbar (6) Title bar (7) Layout area (8) Cursor (9) Print area (10) Object dock (11) Status bar Note: If "1:1" in the Zoom dialog box is selected, the layout is displayed so that each pixel on your computer screen corresponds to a printer dot.
P-touch Editor environment Layout document window (1) Menu bar (2) Standard toolbar (3) Property dock (4) Rulers (5) Draw toolbar (6) Title bar (7) Layout area (8) Cursor (9) Print area (10) Object dock (11) Status bar Note: If "1:1" in the Zoom dialog box is selected, the layout is displayed so that each pixel on your computer screen corresponds to a printer dot.
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Page Properties When printing using a Brother P-touch: When printing using another printer: Use the Page Properties to select the printer and to specify the size of these settings. Click here for more detailed explanations of the label. BACK NEXT More than one Properties can be displayed at one time. These Properties are simply shortcuts to display or hide its Properties. Property dock Click an icon to settings on the [Printer Setup] and [Page Setup] tabs in the Printer Setup dialog box, which appears when you select the [Printer Setup] command on the [File] menu.
Page Properties When printing using a Brother P-touch: When printing using another printer: Use the Page Properties to select the printer and to specify the size of these settings. Click here for more detailed explanations of the label. BACK NEXT More than one Properties can be displayed at one time. These Properties are simply shortcuts to display or hide its Properties. Property dock Click an icon to settings on the [Printer Setup] and [Page Setup] tabs in the Printer Setup dialog box, which appears when you select the [Printer Setup] command on the [File] menu.
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... selecting the [Color] command on the [Format] menu. Click here for more details on these settings. Note: The Color Properties may not appear when the P-touch Editor is first started up. For more details of these settings. (Click here) Color Properties The Color Properties can be used to format text within...
... selecting the [Color] command on the [Format] menu. Click here for more details on these settings. Note: The Color Properties may not appear when the P-touch Editor is first started up. For more details of these settings. (Click here) Color Properties The Color Properties can be used to format text within...
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For example, if you wish to display in the menu bar. However, files saved with P-touch Editor Ver. 3.0. Select the type of file that you open the selected file. Click this button to see the contents of the selected disk or ...folder or to the type of files that is opened. q Files saved with the P-touch Editor Ver. 3.0 format can be opened with the P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1 format cannot be opened in the menu bar change according to open a database file, the commands for creating, editing...
For example, if you wish to display in the menu bar. However, files saved with P-touch Editor Ver. 3.0. Select the type of file that you open the selected file. Click this button to see the contents of the selected disk or ...folder or to the type of files that is opened. q Files saved with the P-touch Editor Ver. 3.0 format can be opened with the P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1 format cannot be opened in the menu bar change according to open a database file, the commands for creating, editing...
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... database file. When the situation mentioned above occurs, use the field created for a table or query from another P-touch Editor database file. Import Database (only for a database document) q Selecting the [Import Database] command in the [File] menu displays the Open dialog box, which allows ...you want to import. (1) This list box displays the contents of the table while P-touch Editor is being used to edit records repeatedly in a table that a primary key first be used , newly added records may not be inserted at the...
... database file. When the situation mentioned above occurs, use the field created for a table or query from another P-touch Editor database file. Import Database (only for a database document) q Selecting the [Import Database] command in the [File] menu displays the Open dialog box, which allows ...you want to import. (1) This list box displays the contents of the table while P-touch Editor is being used to edit records repeatedly in a table that a primary key first be used , newly added records may not be inserted at the...
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... display the Import a CSV File dialog box if a CSV file was selected or display the Select Table dialog box if a table or query from another P-touch Editor database file was selected. File name: This edit box displays the name of files that will be imported. Files of type: Select the type...
... display the Import a CSV File dialog box if a CSV file was selected or display the Select Table dialog box if a table or query from another P-touch Editor database file was selected. File name: This edit box displays the name of files that will be imported. Files of type: Select the type...
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... it is saved as a label file (with the extension ".mdb"). Save q Selecting the [Save] command in the [File] menu saves the current document without quitting P-touch Editor. q If the current document has already been assigned a name, the file is saved immediately. q The Save As dialog box also appears automatically whenever you...
... it is saved as a label file (with the extension ".mdb"). Save q Selecting the [Save] command in the [File] menu saves the current document without quitting P-touch Editor. q If the current document has already been assigned a name, the file is saved immediately. q The Save As dialog box also appears automatically whenever you...
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... the category which allows you to select a pre-formatted template for quickly and easily creating layouts. (The templates that are available differ according to the P-touch model being used in the selected Auto Format template. Auto Format q Selecting the [Auto Format] command in the [File] menu starts up the Auto Format...
... the category which allows you to select a pre-formatted template for quickly and easily creating layouts. (The templates that are available differ according to the P-touch model being used in the selected Auto Format template. Auto Format q Selecting the [Auto Format] command in the [File] menu starts up the Auto Format...