Using P-Touch Editor Ver. 3.1; Starting Up P-Touch Editor Ver. 3.1; Displaying The Properties - Brother P-Touch 2420PC Guía De Referencia Rápida

Using the P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1
The P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1 application makes it easy for anyone to design more complex labels and print
them for almost any need imaginable.

Starting up P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1

On an IBM PC-compatible computer:
• By clicking the P-touch Editor icon:
Double-click the P-touch Editor 3.1 icon
in the P-touch Editor 3.1 group window.
• With the Start button:
1 Click the Start button in the taskbar to
display the Start menu.
2 Select "Programs".
3 Select "P-touch Editor 3.1".
4 Click "P-touch Editor 3.1".
After P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1 is started, the follow-
ing window is displayed.
Menu bar
Property
dock
Draw
toolbar
Object
dock
Status
bar
Layout area
On a Macintosh computer:
• Double-click the P-touch Editor Ver3.1.7 icon
in the P-touch Editor Ver3.1 folder installed
on the computer.
After P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1 is started, the follow-
ing window is displayed.
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Standard toolbar Title bar
Print area
For more details on the functions of P-touch
Editor Ver. 3.1, refer to the User's Guide,
which can either be installed on the
computer or viewed from the CD-ROM .
Menu bar
Draw toolbar
Print toolbar
Database
toolbar
Status bar

Displaying the Properties

Although the screens shown in the following ex-
planations are for Windows
operations for Windows
Macintosh are the same unless specifically men-
tioned.
The desired Properties can be displayed by click-
Rulers
ing the icon in the property dock.
Cursor
Page Properties
icon
Font Properties
icon
Layout
Properties icon
Click an icon to display its Properties.
• Page Properties (
Click this
button to hide
the Properties.
Rulers Layout area Print area
Object dock Property dock
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95/98/98SE/Me, the
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NT4.0/2000/XP and
)
When using the P-touch 2420PC
Title bar
Text Properties
icon
Database
Properties icon
(not available on
the Macintosh
version of the
software)