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User's Guide
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Appendix Creating Labels Introduction
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Contents Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 About This Guide ........................................................................................................... 3 Manual St
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Introduction The Brother QL-570 label printer (hereafter referred to as "the machine") enables you to quickly and easily ® print custom labels created with the label software, P-touch Editor. About This Guide This guide (PDF) is included on the CD-ROM. In this guide, when the mouse pointer changes to you can just click to jump to the corresponding pages. ® ® ® ® For the basic functions of Adobe Reader , see the Adobe Reader Help files. Manual Structure The following guides are provided to help
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Creating Labels Label Creation Overview This section describes the general procedure for creating labels using the machine. For details on step-by-step instructions, see Help files. From Label Creation to Printing 1 Choose the type of label you want to create. There is a variety to choose from. Label examples 2 Prepare the appropriate DK Roll for the label you want to create. The machine is supplied with one or more sample rolls. (Other rolls can be purchased separately.) Choose the appropria
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3 Create and print the label. Create a label Print the label ® Using P-touch Editor ® Windows Express Mode Express Mode Enter the text Edit the label ® Mac Standard Mode Standard Mode Enter the text Edit the label ® Windows Professional Mode Professional Mode Enter the text Edit the label ® Windows/Mac Snap Mode The result may differ. • Screen capture • Print text • Drag and drop ® Using an application from another publisher (Windows only) ® Microsoft Word/Excel/Outlook • Add-In functions • Impo
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® ® How to use the P-touch Editor for Windows ® ® This section explains the procedure for starting P-touch Editor. With P-touch Editor, you can create various kinds of labels. ® See the P-touch Editor Help for samples of various kinds of labels and details on creating, printing, and ® saving the labels. The following is the example for Windows Vista . ® Starting P-touch Editor 1 Click [Start]-[All Programs (Programs)]- [Brother P-touch]-[P-touch Editor 5.0]. ® You can also start P-touch Edito
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Layout window Express Mode This mode provides easy label creation with texts and images. The layout window consists of the following sections: 1 2 3 5 4 6 1 Menu bar Commands are categorized under each menu (File, Edit, View, and Insert, etc.) by function. 2 Command bar The command bar contains the New/Open, Paper, Text, Frame, Image, etc. 3 Draw/Edit toolbar Provides tools for choosing an object, entering text, drawing graphics, etc. 4 Property bar You can easily insert and format text, imag
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Professional Mode This mode provides full-scale label creation from creating the templates. The layout window consists of the following sections: 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 1 Menu bar Commands are categorized under each menu (File, Edit, View, and Insert, etc.) by function. 2 Standard toolbar A group of frequently used commands (New Layout, Open, Save, Print, etc.) are provided in this toolbar. 3 Property pallet The property pallet contains the Print, Paper, Text, Layout, and property boxes. Click on the le
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Snap Mode With this mode, you can capture the screen, print it as image, and save it for future use. To start the snap mode, follow the steps below. 1 When you click [Snap Mode], the description of the snap mode dialog appears. Click . If you put a checkmark on the [Do Not Display This Dialog Again], you can go to the snap mode directly from next time. 2 The snap mode appears. ® See the P-touch Editor Help for details. Starting P-touch® Editor 9 Appendix Creating Labels Introduction
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® Start P-touch Editor Help ® ® This section explains how to start P-touch Editor Help for Windows . The following is the example for ® Windows Vista . Start from Start button ® 1 To start P-touch Editor Help, click the Start button on the task bar, point to All Programs (or Programs). Click Brother P-touch and P-touch Editor 5.0. 2 In the New/Open dialog, click Help-How To. ® Start from P-touch Editor ® Click Help menu and choose P-touch Editor Help. Express Mode Professional Mode Start
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Printing the Help description ® ® The information given in P-touch Editor Help can be printed. Use your normal printer to print the P-touch Editor Help information. 1 In the [Contents] tab, choose any topic you want to print. 2 Click on the Toolbar. 3 Choose the range of topics to be printed, and click . 4 Specify the [Printer] item and click . Choose a normal printer that supports general paper sizes, such as Letter. Start P-touch® Editor Help 11 Appendix Creating Labels Introduction
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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 computer.) 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. Dependin
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® Microsoft Word ® With the Add-In function, you can directly copy the text in Microsoft Word to a label layout. ® ® ® If Microsoft Outlook is running and Microsoft Word is chosen as the standard editor, you won't ® ® ® be able to use the Add-In function in Microsoft Word. Exit Microsoft Outlook and restart ® Microsoft Word. ® Creating labels using Microsoft Word ® 1 Open a Microsoft Word document and select the text you want included in the label from your word document. ® 2 On the Microsof
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® Microsoft Excel ® With the Add-In function, you can directly copy text in Microsoft Excel to a label layout. ® Creating labels using Microsoft Excel ® 1 Open a Microsoft Excel worksheet and select the cells of text you want included in the label from your Excel spreadsheet. ® 2 On the Microsoft Excel standard toolbar, click . The [Brother P-touch Import Setup] dialog box appears. 3 In [Label Layout], make adjustments to the line feed in the cells and click . 3 [Label Layout] enables you to
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® ® How to add text from Microsoft Excel to a Label List For first time use, the message "Record data in the Label List?" is displayed. If you click Yes, new records are automatically created in the Label List and the text is added to each field shown below from next time you register the text: Each time you add new information into your label list it also records the following information for your reference. The text Added field Date of creation Date field The first line in the text that is
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® Microsoft Outlook ® ® With the Add-In function, you can directly copy the text in Microsoft Outlook to a label layout. Items you can import are: Contacts, Calendar items, Deleted Items, Drafts, Inbox, Journal, Notes (text in the Notes dialog box is not available), Outbox, Sent Items and Tasks windows. ® Creating labels using the Contacts data in Microsoft Outlook ® ® 1 Open Microsoft Outlook Contacts and highlight the contact information you want to include. ® ® In Microsoft Outlook , you c
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® ® How to add text from Microsoft Outlook to a Label List For first time use, the message "Record data in the Label List?" is displayed. If you click Yes, new records are automatically created in the Label List and the text is added to each field shown below from next time you register the text: Each time you add new information into your label list it also records the following information for your reference. The text Added field Date of creation Date field The first line in the text that i
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® How to Use the P-touch Address Book ® This section describes the procedure for creating labels from contacts efficiently using the P-touch Address ® ® Book. The P-touch Address Book is valid for Windows only. The following is the example for Windows ® XP , except for step 1. ® Starting the P-touch Address Book 1 Click [Start]-[All Programs(Programs)]- [Brother P-touch]-[P-touch Address Book 1.1] . ® You can also start the P-touch Address Book using the following methods: (Only if you crea
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Layout window The layout window consists of the following eight sections: 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 8 1 Menu bar Commands are categorized under each menu (File, Edit, View, and Insert, etc.) by function. 2 Standard toolbar A group of frequently used commands (such as New Contact, Edit Contact, Find, Print, etc.) are provided in this toolbar. 3 Text toolbar Used to adjust text attributes such as font size and alignment for text formatting. 4 Layout style selection view Displays layout styles stored in the
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Creating a New Contact This section explains how to create a new contact. 1 Click [File]-[New Contact]. Or, click . The [New Contact] dialog box appears. 2 Enter data for each item. 1 2 1 New Contact form toolbar The following commands are categorized in the menu: Icon Button name Function Previous Displays the previous contact. Next Displays the next contact. New Contact Displays the New Contact form window for a new contact. Delete Contact Deletes the contact that is currently chosen. Allows y
