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Enter Text on Your Brother Machine
- The characters that are available may differ depending on your country.
- For touchscreen models, the keyboard layout may differ depending on the function you are setting.
MFC-J491DW/MFC-J497DW
When you are setting certain menu selections, such as the Station ID, you may need to enter text into the machine. Most dial pad buttons have three or four letters printed on the buttons. The buttons for 0, # and 
do not have printed letters because they are used for special characters.
do not have printed letters because they are used for special characters. Press the appropriate dial pad button the number of times shown in this reference table to access the character you want.
| Press Button | One Time | Two Times | Three Times | Four Times | Five Times | Six Times | Seven Times | Eight Times | Nine Times |
|---|
| 2 | A | B | C | a | b | c | 2 | A | B |
| 3 | D | E | F | d | e | f | 3 | D | E |
| 4 | G | H | I | g | h | i | 4 | G | H |
| 5 | J | K | L | j | k | l | 5 | J | K |
| 6 | M | N | O | m | n | o | 6 | M | N |
| 7 | P | Q | R | S | p | q | r | s | 7 |
| 8 | T | U | V | t | u | v | 8 | T | U |
| 9 | W | X | Y | Z | w | x | y | z | 9 |
- To move the cursor to the left or right, press
, 
, 
or 
to select 
or 
, and then press OK. - Inserting spaces
- To enter a space, press, , or to select , and then press OK.
- Making corrections
- If you entered an incorrect number or letter and want to change it, press, , or to select or . Press OK several times to move the cursor under the incorrect character. Then press , , or to select
, and press OK. Re-enter the correct letter.
Special characters and symbols
Press , # or 0 repeatedly until you see the special character or symbol you want.
| Press |  |
| Press # |  |
| Press 0 |  |
MFC-J690DW/MFC-J895DW
When you need to enter text on your Brother machine, a keyboard will appear on the touchscreen.
- Press
to cycle between letters, numbers and special characters. - Press
to cycle between lowercase and uppercase letters. - To move the cursor to the left or right, press or .
- Inserting spaces
- To enter a space, press [Space]. Or, you can press to move the cursor.
- Making corrections
- If you entered an incorrect character and want to change it, press or to highlight the incorrect character. Press
, and then enter the correct character. - To insert a character, press or to move the cursor to the correct place, and then enter the character.
- Press for each character you want to erase, or press and hold to erase all the characters.
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