Brother International PDP350CJ Owner's Manual - English - Page 84

3 Word Processing T his chapter will show you techniques for creating almost any type of document, from a simple letter to a professional-looking newsletter with graphics. Or, you can also write a form" letter and merge it with names and addresses from the Addressbook or Spreadsheet application. Important Word Processing Tips S In order for word wrap to work properly, press ENTER only at the end of a paragraph, never at the end of every line. If you press ENTER at the end of every line, and later change something, the words will not wrap smoothly. S Use TAB rather than SPACEBAR to align text. If you use TAB to set the spacing between text, then you can simply change the measurement of the tab space to change the location of a column. S Use only one space after a period or colon. When you use a typewriter, you usually use two spaces after a period or colon because of the spacing of the typewriter characters. S Use italic style text rather than underline for book titles. Typewriters don't have italic font style available so your only option for setting off book titles was to use the underline key. Ensemble gives you many of the typographical features of typeset printing. S Since an en dash (ć) and em dash (Ċ) are available on the symbols keyboard, use them rather than multiple hyphens. (See Using Special Characters and Symbols on page 83.) S Use bullets for denoting lists such as this list of tips. (See Using Special Characters and Symbols on page 83.) S You can undo almost anything. The most important thing to remember about undoing a mistake is that you can undo only the last action you took. Word Processing 71