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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, click Help-
How To.
„Start from P-touch Editor
Click Help menu and choose P-touch Editor Help.
Right click the mouse and choose P-touch Editor Help.
Professional ModeExpress Mode
Snap Mode 
						

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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 icon, you can create and 
print labels quickly and easily.
Depending on the setting, the character string that is downloaded by using Add-In function will be registered to Label 
List. Label List is a database for exclusively 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 is the example for Windows Vista®.
1Click [Start]-[All 
Programs(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.
2Click on the checkboxes for the Microsoft 
application where you would like the
P-touch Editor add-in function button to be 
installed.
Now 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 2000/2002/2003/2007, Microsoft® Excel® 2000/2002/2003/2007, and Microsoft® 
Outlook® 2000/2002/2003/2007
• After the Add-In function is installed into Microsoft® Word, 
Excel®, or Outlook®, the security dialog box may appear 
when starting these applications, depending on the 
applications security settings.
• For Microsoft
® Word 2007 etc., if the dialog box on right 
appears, select [Trust all documants from this publisher], 
and click [OK]. For details on security settings, see the Help 
files for the application.
• For Microsoft
® Word 2003 etc., check the [Always trust 
macros from this source] checkbox, and click on [Enable 
Macros].
Before running this program, close the Word, Excel® and Outlook® programs. 
						

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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 stored in the database window in P-touch editor screen
If you click No in the message Record data in the Label List? is displayed and want to register, go to [Tools]-
[Options], and check Automatically Record Data Imported With Add-In. in the [Label List] tab.
If Microsoft® Outlook® is running and Microsoft® Word is chosen as the standard editor, you wont 
be able to use the Add-In function in Microsoft
® Word. Exit Microsoft® Outlook® and restart 
Microsoft
® Word.
For details on how to automatically add the text to a Label List, see How to add the Microsoft® 
Word text to a Label List described below.
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 textAdded field
Date of creation Date field
The first line Title field
All lines including the first line Body field
Detected ZIP/Postal code Code field 
						

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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 to the 
line feed in the cells and click  .
3
[Label Layout] enables you to change the 
way your text is displayed/printed.
When you choose any listed item in the 
[Fields] box and click  , a new field is 
added to the [Label Layout] box.
You can enter spaces, line feeds, commas, 
and characters for each cell and print them 
on a label. You can also remove fields in 
this screen by highlighting the field and 
pressing the delete key on your keyboard.
• For details on how to automatically add the text to a Label List, see How to add text from 
Microsoft® Excel® to a Label List described on the page 16.
• If you want to include the data into the Code field of the Label List, choose [Text Imported Into 
the Code Field of the Label List] in the [Brother P-touch Import Setup] dialog box. 
						

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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 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 textAdded field
Date of creation Date field
The first line in the text that is specified in the Label 
LayoutTitle field
All lines including the first line in text specified in the 
Label LayoutBody field
Content of cell specified in [Text Imported Into the 
code Field of the Label List]Code 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 information you 
want to include.
2On the Microsoft® Outlook® ribbon/standard toolbar, click  .
 
3In [Label Layout], make adjustments to the 
line feed in the cells and click  .
3
In Microsoft® Outlook®, you can include not 
only the Contact data but also the text in a 
message, as you can do in Microsoft
® 
Word.
For details on how to automatically add the text to the Label List, see How to add text from 
Microsoft
® Outlook® to a Label List described on the page 18.
[Label Layout] enables you to change the 
way your text is displayed/printed.
When you choose any listed item in the 
[Fields] box and click  , a new field is 
added to the [Label Layout] box.
You can enter spaces, line feeds, commas, 
and characters for each cell and print them 
on a label. You can also remove fields in 
this screen by highlighting the field and 
pressing the delete key on your keyboard.
• For details on how to automatically add the text to a Label List, see How to add text from 
Microsoft
® Outlook® to a Label List described on the page 18.
• If you want to include the data into the Code field of the Label List, choose [Text Imported Into 
the Code Field of the Label List] in the [Brother P-touch Import Setup] dialog box. 
						

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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 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 textAdded field
Date of creation Date field
The first line in the text that is specified in the Label 
LayoutTitle field
All lines including the first line in text specified in the 
Label LayoutBody field
Content of cell specified in [Text Imported Into the 
code Field of the Label List]Code field 
						

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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 
settings to create new contacts, import CSV format data or Outlook
® contacts, and so on.
2In the [Startup] dialog box, specify how 
the P-touch Address Book works and 
click .
• When [Create a New Contact] is chosen, the 
layout window appears.
• When [Import Contacts from a CSV File] or 
[Import Contacts from Outlook] is chosen, you 
can import contacts in other formats.
• Click   to open the P-touch Address 
Book Help files.
The P-touch Address Book Help offers detailed 
information on available features and explains 
how to use the P-touch Address Book.
How to use the P-touch Address Book
You can also start the P-touch Address 
Book using the following methods: (Only if 
you created the shortcut during installation)
• Double-click the shortcut icon on the 
desktop.
• Click the shortcut icon on the Quick 
Launch bar. 
						

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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 view
Displays layout styles stored in the folder.
Layout work area
This area is used to display or edit a layout that uses the layout style in the layout style selection view.
Contact list combo box 
Displays the contact list that is currently specified. You can choose from [Personal], [Business], [Other1],
[Other2] and [Other3].
Index tab
You can search within the field in Record View. Click [Tools]-[Sort] to open the [Sort] dialog box, and
specify the field to be searched using [Key1].
Record View
The Contact data is displayed in each field. The data can also be edited (added to, deleted or modified).
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