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How to Enter Text on Your Brother Machine

HL-L3290CDW/DCP-L3551CDW

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 Clear to delete characters entered incorrectly.

MFC-L3710CW/MFC-L3750CDW/MFC-L3770CDW

  • When you must enter text on your Brother 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.
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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.
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