EDITING A LABEL; Entering and Editing Text; Entering Text from the Keyboard- Page 26

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Entering and Editing Text

EDITING A LABEL

Entering Text from the Keyboard

• The keyboard of your P-touch labeler can be used in the same way as a standard 

computer keyboard.

Adding a New Line

• To end the current line of text and start a new line, press the 

Enter

 key. A return mark 

appears at the end of the line and the cursor moves to the start of the new line.

Adding a New Block

• To create a new block of text/lines to the right of your current text, press the 

Enter

key while holding down the 

Shift

 key. A   mark will appear at the end of the block 

and the cursor moves to the start of the new block.

Moving the Cursor

• Press the  ,  ,   or   key to move the cursor one space or line.
• To move the cursor to the beginning or end of the current line, hold down the 

Shift

key and then press the   or   key.

• To move the cursor to the very beginning or end of the text, hold down the 

Shift

 key 

and then press the   or   key.

Inserting Text

• To insert additional text into an existing line of text, move the cursor to the character 

to the right of the position where you want to start inserting text and then enter the 
additional text. The new text is inserted to the left of the cursor.

Inserting a Tab

• To insert a tab space between the existing line of text, move the cursor where you 

wish to add a tab and press the 

Tab

 key. A   mark appears to indicate the position 

which the tab space will be entered.

Entering and Editing Text

• There is a maximum number of lines of text that can be entered for each tape width. A 

maximum of 5 lines for 0.70" (18mm) tape, 3 lines for 0.47" (12mm) tape, 2 lines for 0.35" 
(9mm) and 0.23" (6 mm) tape, and 1 line for 0.13" (3.5mm) tape.

• If you press the 

Enter

 key when five lines already exist, an error message is displayed.

• To change the character attribute of each line, refer to “Setting Character Attributes by Each 

Line” on page 25.

A maximum of 5 blocks can be entered in one label.

• To change the length setting of the tab, refer to “Setting Label Attributes” on page 29.
• The tab space can also be entered by pressing the 

Setup

 key to open the Setup menu and 

selecting "Tab" by using   or   key, and then pressing the 

OK

 or 

Enter

 key.