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Ch. 2 Getting Started
Getting Started
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Using P-touch Quick Editor
P-touch Quick Editor enables you to design a
simple label layout quickly and easily. In addi-
tion to the various functions available through
the buttons in the toolbar, right-clicking (Win-
dows
®
) or holding down the Control key and
clicking (Macintosh) in the label view displays a
pop-up menu containing more commands.
Starting up P-touch Quick Editor
To start up P-touch Quick Editor:
- If a shortcut was added to the StartUp
menu:
● P-touch Quick Editor automatically
starts when the computer is started up.
- If a shortcut was added to the desktop:
● Double-click the P-touch Quick Editor
icon on the desktop.
- If a shortcut was added to the Quick Launch
toolbar:
● Double-click the P-touch Quick Editor
icon in the Quick Launch toolbar.
- If no shortcuts were added:
1 Click the Start button in the taskbar to
display the Start menu.
2 Point to “Programs”.
3 Click “P-touch Quick Editor”.
When P-touch Quick Editor is started, the fol-
lowing window is displayed.
● Double-click the P-touch Quick Editor icon
in the P-touch Quick Editor folder installed
on the computer.
When P-touch Quick Editor is started, the fol-
lowing window is displayed.
Specifying a label size
Before entering text, the label size must be set. A
selection of preset layout sizes is available for a
variety of needs.
To specify the label size:
1 Click the arrow beside the Properties button
( ) to display a drop-down menu.
2 Click [Tape Settings] to display various
label format settings.
On a computer running Windows
®
NOTE
P-touch Quick Editor can be hidden or displayed
by clicking its icon in the system tray, at the right of
the taskbar.
Label view
Toolbar
On a Macintosh computer
NOTE
To view the help for the Mac version of P-touch
Quick Editor, double-click “Help.html” in the P-
touch Quick Editor folder installed on the com-
puter.
NOTE
Although the screens shown in the following expla-
nations are for Windows
®
98, 98 SE and Me, the
operations for Windows
®
2000 and XP and Macin-
tosh are the same unless specifically mentioned.
NOTE
The Tape Settings can also be displayed by select-
ing [View Properties], then clicking [Tape Settings]
in the pop-up menu, displayed by right-clicking
(Windows
®
) or holding down the Control key and
clicking (Macintosh) in the label view.
Label view
Toolbar