Brother P-touch 9400, User Manual

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Ch. 3 Functions
Functions
To add an accented character or a special
punctuation mark to the text:
1
Press . The Alt indicator lights up.
2
Press the key for the desired character.
3
Press or until the desired accented
character or symbol is highlighted.
4
Press . The selected character is
added to the text and Alt mode turns off.
Composite characters
In some languages, composite characters, which
consist of a letter and a diacritical mark, are
often used. This P-touch can display and print
these characters. The available diacritical marks
are ´, `, ˆ, and ¨.
The following diacritical mark and letter combi-
nations are available:
To type in a composite character:
1
For the ˆ or ¨ diacritical mark only: Press
to turn on Alt mode. The Alt indicator
lights up.
2
For the ` or ¨ diacritical mark only: Hold
down .
3
Press . The diacritical mark is added to
the text.
NOTE
☞
To display uppercase letters, hold down
(or press to turn on Caps mode) before
pressing a letter key.
☞
Pressing a key that has an accented character
on the right side of the key displays the corre-
sponding list of accented characters with the
one on the key selected.
☞
To turn off the Alt mode without adding a char-
acter to the text, press (or ) at any time
Alt
Cancel
Alt
uffl ë
Style Italic Vertical
Caps Alt Template Zoom
Back
ground
36mm
24mm
18mm
12mm
9mm
6mm
A
Half
Cut
ë éèêeee
uffl é
ë é èêeee
Style Italic Vertical
Caps Alt Template Zoom
Back
ground
36mm
24mm
18mm
12mm
9mm
6mm
A
Half
Cut
NOTE
To enter a series of characters in Alt mode, hold
down before pressing . Then, con-
tinue adding characters by selecting them as
explained in steps
2
and
3
, and holding down
while pressing . Press just
after selecting the last character in the series.
Diacritical
mark
Letters which can be
combined
´
a e i o u n c r s y z
A E I O U N C R S Y Z
`
a e i o u
A E I O U
ˆ
a e i o u
A E I O U
¨
a e i o u y
A E I O U
NOTE
Some of these composite characters can also be
typed in using the Alt mode (refer to page 25).
New Block
New Block
New Block New Block
Alt