Brother Ql1060n Owners Manual

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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
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 Help].
„Start from New/Open dialog
When you start the P-touch Editor 5.0 and the 
New/Open dialog box appears,...

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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.
1In the [Contents] tab, choose any topic you want to print.
2Click   on the Toolbar.
3Choose the range of topics to be printed, 
and click  .
4Specify the [Printer] and click  .  
Choose a normal printer that supports general paper sizes, such as Letter. 

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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...

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Microsoft® Word
With the Add-In function, you can directly copy the text in Microsoft® Word to a label layout.
Creating labels using Microsoft® Word
1Open a Microsoft® Word document and 
select the text you want included in the label 
from your word document.
2On the Microsoft® Word ribbon/standard toolbar, click  .
How to add Microsoft® Word text to the Label list shown in the database Window
Example of label list data being...

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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®
1Open a Microsoft® Excel® worksheet and 
select the cells of text you want included in 
the label from your Excel spreadsheet.
2On the Microsoft® Excel® ribbon/standard toolbar, click  .
The [Brother P-touch Import Setup] dialog box appears.
3In [Label Layout], make adjustments...

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How to add text from Microsoft® Excel® to a Label List
If you clicked No when the message Record data in the Label List? is displayed, but want to register, go to 
[Tools]-[Options], and check Automatically Record Data Imported With Add-in.
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...

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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®
1Open Microsoft® Outlook® Contacts and 
highlight the contact...

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How to add text from Microsoft® Outlook® to a Label List
If you clicked No when the message Record data in the Label List? is displayed, but want to register, go to 
[Tools]-[Options], and check Automatically Record Data Imported With Add-in.
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...

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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.
Starting the P-touch Address Book
1Click [Start]-[All Programs(Programs)]-
[Brother P-touch]-[P-touch Address Book 
1.1].
When the P-touch Address Book is launched, the [Startup] dialog box appears, letting you make...

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Layout window 
The layout window consists of the following eight sections:
Menu bar
Commands are categorized under each menu (File, Edit, View, and Layout, etc.) by function.
Standard toolbar
A group of frequently used commands (such as New Contact, Edit Contact, Find, Print, etc.) are provided
in this toolbar.
Text toolbar
Used to adjust text attributes such as font size and alignment for text formatting. 
Layout style selection...