Importing Text; Using The Text History List; Adding A Symbol; Changing The Background Color - Brother P-touch 2420PC Guide De Référence Rapide

3 In the Text Settings Properties, select the
desired text formats.
4 Click in the label view, and then type or
import the text.
Typing in the label view shows the text as
it will appear when it is printed. However,
by clicking the Change View button
( ), the text is displayed 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.
1 Select the desired text in the other application.
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.
(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 dialogue box that appears, select
the desired shortcut keys for importing text.
Depending on the combination of
specified shortcut keys and the application
software being used, this function may not
work properly.

Using the Text History list

The 10 most recently printed texts are automati-
cally stored for future use.
1 Click the Text History button (
display the Text History list.
2 Click the desired text.
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.
1 (Windows ® ) Right-click in the label view (or
text box), select [Symbols] in the menu that ap-
pears, and then click [Insert/Change]. The In-
put Symbol dialogue box appears.
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(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 dialogue box
displaying 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.
Changing the background colour
The background colour of the layout can be
changed to suit your preference.
• (Windows
text box), select [Background Colour] in the
menu that appears, and then click the desired
colour 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 colour from the list.
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Viewing the text

Layouts that are too long to fit in the screen can be
scrolled by clicking the Arrange button (
view the left, the center, then the right side of the
layout with each click of the button.
If a symbol has already been added to the
text, it will be replaced by the newly
selected symbol.
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) Right-click in the label view (or
To select a colour other than those listed,
select [User Settings] (Windows
Settings] (Macintosh) from the
Background Colour submenu, create the
desired colour in the dialogue box that
appears, and then click the OK button.
If the label view (or text box) has been
moved away from the tool bar, it will be
docked before scrolling.
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) to