Brother International WP230B Owners Manual - English - Page 48

Hyphen vs. Permanent Hyphen - CODE % % Typing a hyphen (-) in the hot zone automatically sends the cursor to the next line. This becomes a soft hyphen, displayed as a dotted hyphen, and will disappear if subsequent revisions or reformatting moves the word out of the hot zone, for example when you change the margins. A permanent hyphen, entered with CODE + [-], is used with words that always require a hyphen (mother-in-law, for example). In the hot zone, a permanent hyphen does not send the cursor to the next line. Outside the hot zone, all hyphens are permanent, so it is not necessary to press CODE. Superimposed Characters (Permanent Backspace) CODE -I tB-ACKSPACE3\ [ It is possible to create characters that are not available on the keyboard (Y, for example) by superimposing two characters. 1. Type the first character (Y in our example). NOTE: Enter the characters in either order, but start with the one you want to appear in the text area. 2. Press CODE + BS1. The first character appears now in reversed color, and the cursor moves next to the P BS indicator on the status line. 3. Type the second character ("." in our example) on the status line. As soon as the second character is typed, the cursor moves back to the text area and you are ready to resume normal typing. NOTES: • When you move the cursor back to the first character (press