Brother P-Touch 1800, User Manual

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12
DOOR LABEL EXAMPLE
After you have inserted the batteries and the enclosed tape cassette as explained in the
Getting Started chapter, let’s practice using some of the basic functions of your P-touch.
We must first begin by turning on the power to the machine.
The underline in the LCD display is called the “cursor”. It is like a pointer which shows
your current position and lets you select characters in your text.
The text you create may sometimes be longer than the 11 characters that the LCD display
can show at one time. Therefore, the cursor can be moved to show other parts of the text.
Pressing the left cursor key ( ) moves the cursor to the left so that the left side of the
text can be seen and pressing the right cursor key ( ) moves the cursor to the right
so that the right side of the text can be seen.
Some format settings are shown by the triangular and square indicators around the edge
of the display. The default settings (the selected settings when the power is turned on for
the very first time) have been pre-programmed into the machine and represent the most
common settings for labels. However, you can design your own label to have any format
that you wish. Detailed explanations of the formats can be found on pages 64 through 66.
Now, let’s enter the text for our first example, the simple door label shown below.
☞
The label in this example was made using the enclosed 1/2
″
(12-mm)-wide tape.
To turn on the machine:
1
Press in the top right-
hand corner of the keyboard.
1: _
A B C D E F G H I J K L Alt
Caps
Frame
Underline
Length
Auto
Font 1 Font 2