Starting Up The P-Touch Quick Editor Software; Starting Up P-Touch Quick Editor; Using P-Touch Quick Editor; Specifying A Label Size - Brother P-touch 2420PC Guía Y Referencia Rápida

Starting up the P-touch Quick Editor software

Starting up P-touch Quick Editor

When P-touch Quick Editor is installed on a
PC, you can choose to add shortcuts to the
desktop, the StartUp menu, and to the Quick
Launch toolbar.
On an IBM PC-compatible computer:
• If a shortcut was added to the StartUp menu:
P-touch Quick Editor automatically starts up
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 Select "Programs".
3 Click "P-touch Quick Editor".
The P-touch Quick Editor enables you to design a simple label layout quickly and easily. In addition to the
various functions available through the buttons in the toolbar, right-clicking (Windows) or holding down the
Control key and clicking (Macintosh) in the label view displays a pop-up menu containing more commands.

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.
1 Click the arrow beside the Properties button
( ) to display a drop-down menu.
2 Click [Tape Settings] to display various label
format settings.
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Using P-touch Quick Editor

After P-touch Quick Editor is started, the
following window is displayed.
P-touch Quick Editor can be hidden or
displayed by clicking its icon in the system
tray, at the right of the taskbar.
On a Macintosh computer:
• Double-click the P-touch Quick Editor icon in the P-
touch Quick Editor folder installed on the computer.
After P-touch Quick Editor is started, the follow-
ing window is displayed.
The Tape Settings can also be displayed by
selecting [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.
3 In the Format list, click the desired label
format.
The size of the label layout can also be set
by specifying the Length and Width settings
or by dragging the edges of the label view
until the layout is the desired size.
Toolbar
Label view
Toolbar
Label view