You can create and print labels quickly and easily by highlighting (selecting) the text/data and clicking the P-touch Add-In icon  in Microsoft Word, Excel or Outlook.

> Setting the Add-In function using the Add-Ins Utility

> Recording the text/data in the Label List

Setting the Add-In function using the Add-Ins utility

1. Click [Start] - ([All Programs] or [Programs]) - [Brother P-touch] - ([P-touch Tools]) - [P-touch Editor 5.x Add-Ins Utility].


2. The Brother P-touch Add-In Settings dialogue box appears.
   Check the "Add" checkboxes for the applications that you want to use the P-touch Add-Ins with.
   


3. Select the P-touch Editor mode from the "Apply" list for each application.
   To import the text/data into a label, select [Express Mode] or [Professional Mode].
   To print directly from the application, select [Print Immediately].
   

   When selecting [Print Immediately], the default or the last used layout style for currently installed label/tape size will be applied to the text/data you highlight.

4. Click [OK] to close the dialogue box.


5. Open the Microsoft application and highlight the text or data you want to pirnt, and then click the P-touch Add-In icon .

   The Add-In icon may not appear in Microsoft Word when you open Microsoft Outlook first.
   If Outlook is running, close both Word and Outlook, reopen Word and then check if the Add-In icon appears.

Recording the text/data in the Label List
 

1. Select [Tools] - [Options...] in the P-touch Editor edit screen.
    
2. Click the [Label List] tab. Check the "Automatically Record Data Imported With Add-In" checkbox, and then click [OK].
   
   
   Now, the highlighted text/data in the Microsoft application will be recorded in the Label List just by clicking the P-touch Add-In icon .