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Basic Operations This chapter walks you through the basics you need to know in order to start using P-touch Editor. We recommend that you go through the examples to become familiar with how to use the mouse to create objects and move them around the layout area and how to create your own database. Note that this chapter provides only enough information to help you get started. More detailed explanations of commands and dialog boxes can be found in Reference.

Section	Page
English	1
Starting Up P-touch Editor	2
Basic Operations	3
Layout area	4
Creating a new layout document	5
Working with text objects	6
Creating a text object	6
Modifying the appearance of text	7
Other text layout features	8
Working with graphics objects	9
Creating a graphics object	9
Other graphics features	9
Modifying objects	11
Selecting and deselecting a single object	11
Selecting and deselecting multiple objects	11
Selecting and deselecting all objects	13
Changing the drawing style of the object	13
Changing the size of an object	13
Moving an object using the pointer	15
Moving an object using your computer's arrow keys	15
Deleting objects	15
Using the Auto Format Wizard	16
Creating a layout using the Auto Format Wizard	16
Printing a layout	22
1. Select the printer.	22
2. Print the layout.	23
Saving a layout document	24
Saving a layout that already has a name	24
Saving a layout that does not have a name	24
Saving a layout under a different name	24
Databases	25
Creating a database	26
1. Create a new database document and new table.	26
2. Define the field names and their formats.	28
3. Create records and input record data.	31
Maintaining the database	33
Using database data in layouts	37
1. Define joined fields.	37
2. Merge database fields into the selected layout.	41
3. Arrange the fields in the layout.	42
Printing a layout containing data merged from a record	44
1. Select the printer.	44
2. Print the layout containing data from a database record.	44
Saving a database document	45
Reference	46
P-touch Editor environment	47
Layout document window	47
Menu bar	48
Standard toolbar	49
Property dock	52
Rulers	55
Draw toolbar	56
Object dock	59
Status bar	59
Record view window	60
Database tree view	60
Record view	61
Record selector column	62
Field selector row	62
Pop-Up menu commands	63
Property dock pop-up menu	63
Object dock pop-up menu	63
Object pop-up menu	65
Database tree view pop-up menu	66
Record view pop-up menu	67
Menu bar commands	68
File	68
Edit	101
View	111
Insert (only for a layout document)	115
Format	150
Layout (only for a layout document)	175
Tool (only for a database document)	181
Window	191
Help	191

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Operations

This chapter walks you through the basics you need to know in order to start using P-touch Editor. We

recommend that you go through the examples to become familiar with how to use the mouse to create

objects and move them around the layout area and how to create your own database. Note that this

chapter provides only enough information to help you get started. More detailed explanations of

commands and dialog boxes can be found in

Reference