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Ch. 3 Functions
Functions
Alt mode (a)
Accented characters or special punctuation
marks on the right-hand side of the keys can be
added to the text using the Alt mode. Enter or
exit Alt mode by pressing
a
. When the P-
touch is in Alt mode, the Alt indicator on the left
side of the display comes on.
To add an accented character or a special
punctuation mark written in colour to the
text:
1 Press
a
. The Alt indicator comes on.
2 To type in a character written in the lower-
right corner of the key, press the key of the
desired character.
To type in a character in the upper-right
corner of the key, hold down
h
or
t
(OR press
c
to enter Caps mode) and press
the key of the desired character.
Return key (n)
Like on a typewriter or word processor, this
machine’s return key (
n
) is used to end a line
of text and start another one. When you have
finished entering one line, press the return key
to make a new line and move the cursor to it.
The number of text lines that can be printed
depends on the width of the tape.
To create a new line:
●
Press
n
. The return mark ( ) appears at
the end of the line.
New Block function (d + n)
In order for one section of the text to have a dif-
ferent number of lines than other sections of the
text or in order to apply a different format to a
section of the text (Refer to Block format func-
tions on page 53.), a new text block must be
created using the New Block function.
To create a new block:
●
Hold down
d
and press
n
. The new
block mark ( ) appears at the end of the
block.
NOTE
☞
If the P-touch is in Caps mode, holding down
h or t while pressing a letter key will enter
a lowercase letter.
☞
To exit Alt mode at any time, press a. The
Alt indicator goes off.
NOTE
A single block of text can only contain a maximum
of 16 text lines. If the maximum number of text
lines has already been entered when n is pressed,
the error message “16 LINE LIMIT” will appear.
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Tape width
Maximum number of
lines that can be printed
6 mm 3
9 mm 4
12 mm 6
18 mm 10
24 mm 13
36 mm 16
Stamp 18 mm 6
Stamp 24 mm 10
NOTE
☞
A single label can only contain a maximum of
fifty text blocks. If the max number of lines/per
label have already been entered (50) and you
press n (OR hold down d and press n),
the error message “50 LINE LIMIT REACHED!”
will appear.
☞
To split a text block into two, position the cur-
sor under the character that you want to start
the next block, and then hold down d and
press n.