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

Using the keyboard of your P-touch is very similar to using a typewriter or word 
processor. 

Entering Text from the Keyboard

• To enter a lowercase letter or a number, simply press the desired key.
• To enter a blank space in the text, press the 

 key.

• To enter an uppercase letter or one of the symbols on the number keys, hold down 

the 

 key and then press the desired key.

• To enter uppercase letters continuously, press the 

 key to enter Caps mode, and 

then press the desired keys.

Adding a New Line

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

while holding down the 

 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

• To move the cursor left, right, up or down, press the     ,   or   keys. Each press 

of the key moves the cursor one space or line.

• To move the cursor to the beginning or end of the current line, hold down the 

key and then press the   or   keys.

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

 key 

and then press the   or   keys.

Entering and Editing Text

• To exit Caps mode, press the 

 key again.

• To enter a lowercase letter while in Caps mode, hold down the 

 key and then press the 

desired key.

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

maximum of 7 lines can be entered for 24mm tape, 5 lines for 18mm tape, 3 lines for 12mm 
tape, 2 lines for 9mm and 6 mm tape, and 1 line for 3.5mm tape.

• If you press the   key when seven 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 31.

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