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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.

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.

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If a symbol has already been added to the

text, it will be replaced by the newly

selected symbol.

Changing the background colour

The background colour of the layout can be

changed to suit your preference.

• (Windows

) Right-click in the label view (or

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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To select a colour other than those listed,

select [User Settings] (Windows

) or [User

Settings] (Macintosh) from the

Background Colour submenu, create the

desired colour in the dialogue box that

appears, and then click the OK button.

Viewing the text

Layouts that are too long to fit in the screen can be

scrolled by clicking the Arrange button (

) to

view the left, the center, then the right side of the

layout with each click of the button.

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If the label view (or text box) has been

moved away from the tool bar, it will be

docked before scrolling.

3 In the Text Settings Properties, select the

desired text formats.

4 Click in the label view, and then type or

import the text.

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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.

Select the desired text in the other application.

2 Import the text into the label layout either by

pressing the designated shortcut keys

(Windows

only) or by dragging it from the

other application.

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(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 (

) to

display the Text History list.

2 Click the desired text.

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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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