Brother QL-series Label Maker User Manual


 
Creating labels with other applications
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IntroductionCreating LabelsAppendix
Creating labels with other applications
When installing the software, if you choose the Add-In function, a P-touch icon will be automatically added
onto the Microsoft
®
Word, Excel
®
, and Outlook
®
toolbar. (Only if Microsoft
®
Word, Excel
®
, Outlook
®
are
already installed on your PC.) The Add-In function is valid for Windows
®
only.
In each application, by choosing the text you want to print and clicking on the P-touch icon, you can create and
print labels quickly and easily.
Depending on the setting, the character string that is downloaded by using the Add-In function will be registered to
the Label List. The Label List is a database exclusively for P-touch Editor. To display Label List, click [File]-
[Database]-[Label List].
For details or installation information, see the P-touch Editor Help.
Registering and canceling the Add-In function
The following example uses Windows Vista
®
.
1 Click [Start]-[All Programs]-
[Brother P-touch]-[P-touch Tools]-
[P-touch Editor 5.0 Add-Ins Utility].
The [Brother P-touch Add-In Settings]
dialog box appears.
2
Click on the checkboxes for the Microsoft
application where you would like the
P-touch Editor Add-In function button to be
installed.
For each Microsoft application you must select
which version of the label creation software you
would like to open when the P-touch Editor button
on the tool bar is clicked.
• Express Mode : Starts Express Mode.
• Professional Mode : Starts Professional mode.
• Print Immediately : Prints the label.
• The Add-In function supports the following applications:
Microsoft
®
Word 2002/2003/2007/2010, Microsoft
®
Excel
®
2002/2003/2007/2010, and Microsoft
®
Outlook
®
2002/2003/2007/2010
Before running this program, close the Word, Excel
®
and Outlook
®
programs.