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Space Bar
The Space Bar inserts one or more blank spaces in
your text.
Backspace
Backspace removes the character to the left of the
cursor. Shift-Backspace clears all label text and
formatting.
Cancel
The Cancel key allows you to exit from a menu
without making a selection or to cancel an action.
Navigation Keys
You can review and edit your label using the left and
right arrow keys. You can navigate through menu
selections using the up and down arrow keys, and then
press OK to make a selection.
Formatting Your Label
You can choose from a number of formatting options
to enhance the appearance of your labels.
The labelmaker remembers the last feature
selection made so that each time you enter one of the
feature menus described in this section, you are
positioned at the last item selected from that menu.
Changing the Font Size
Six font sizes are available for your labels: Arial Narrow,
Arial Normal, Arial Wide, Times New Roman, One
Stroke, and Frankfurter. When you specify a font size,
that size applies to all characters on the label.
To set the font
1. Press the Font key.
2. Use the arrow keys to move to the desired font and
then press OK.
Adding Font Styles
You can choose from six different font styles to apply to
your text:
Figure 8
Only one style can be used at a time. Styles can be used
with all alphanumeric characters and symbols. See
Using Symbols and Special Characters on page 8
for more information on printing symbols.
To set the font style
1. Press the Style key.
2. Use the arrow keys to move to the desired style and
then press OK.
Adding Boxes and Background Styles
You can further highlight your text by choosing a box,
underline, or background style. A label can be
underlined or enclosed in a box or background, but not
both together.
The styles available are shown in Figure 9.
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Normal
Vertical
Italic
Bold
Outline
Shadow
3D
Italic + Bold
Italic + Outline
Italic + 3D
Italic + Shadow
Strike-through
Mirror