The tool closes around the ribbon fibers, as the ribbon settles into the proper slot. With actuator depressed, the tool slides along a length of the ribbon, separating the length of ribbon that is needed into smaller ribbon counts. The tool has slots to separate the ribbon into the following smaller ribbon counts: 2/2, 2/4, 2/6, 4/4, 2/10, 4/8, 6/6, and 12/12.
