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How to Enter Text on Your Machine

DCP-L3528CDW

When text is required, enter characters on the machine. The characters that are available may differ depending on the operation you perform.

  • Hold down or repeatedly press image or image to select a character from this list:

    0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ(space)!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_‘{|}~

  • Press OK when the character or symbol you want is displayed, and then enter the next character.
  • Press 清除 to delete characters entered incorrectly.

DCP-L3568CDW/MFC-L3768CDW

  • When you must enter text on your machine, a keyboard appears on the LCD.
  • The characters that are available may differ depending on your country.
  • The keyboard layout may differ depending on the operation you perform.
  • The keyboard display may differ depending on your model.
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  • Press image to cycle between letters, numbers, and special characters.
  • Press image to cycle between lowercase and uppercase letters.
  • To move the cursor to the left or right, press image or image.
  • Inserting spaces
  • To enter a space, press [Space] or image.
  • Making corrections
  • If you entered a character incorrectly and want to change it, press image or image to move the cursor to the incorrect character, and then press image. Enter the correct character.
  • To insert a character, press image or image to move the cursor to the correct place, and then enter the character.
  • Press image for each character you want to erase, or press and hold image to erase all the characters.
  • Entering Chinese characters
  • You can use Chinese characters for some of the text input to your machine. Simplified Chinese can be converted from Pinyin entry.

    If [Convert] appears on the touchscreen, conversion of Pinyin to Chinese characters is available.

    For example, if you want to enter " [Good 公司] ", follow the procedures:

    1. Press [G,o,o,d,] and then press [OK].
    2. Press [g,o,n,g,s,i,] and then press [Convert].

      Some candidate Chinese characters and phrases will appear on the touchscreen.

    3. Swipe up or down, or press image or image to display "[公司]".
    4. Press "[公司]".
    5. Press [OK] to complete.
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