Brother PE-DESIGN Sewing Machine User Manual


 
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Arranging Embroidery Designs
Opening/Importing Embroidery Designs
Creating a new embroidery
design
Toolbar button:
1. Click , or click File, then New.
If the current Design Page has already
been saved or has not been edited, a new
Design Page immediately appears.
If the current Design Page has not been
saved, you will be asked whether you
want to save the changes.
2. Specify the Design Page settings.
Opening a PE-DESIGN Lite
file
An embroidery design that has previously been
saved as a PE-DESIGN Lite file (.pes file) can be
opened.
Toolbar button:
1. Click , or click File, then Open.
A File Open dialog box similar to the one
shown below appears.
2. Select the drive and the folder.
b Memo:
• To save the Design Page, click Yes.
• To abandon the Design Page, click No.
• To return to the Design Page, for
example, to modify it or save it with
another file name, click Cancel.
b Memo:
For more details, refer to “Specifying the
Design Page Size and Color” on page 29.
a Note:
If a .pes file created with PE-DESIGN
version 7 or earlier is opened with this
software, the message “This file will be
imported onto a new Design Page.”
appears before the embroidery design is
displayed on the new Design Page.
b Memo:
• If the Preview check box is selected, the
contents of the selected file will appear in
the Preview box.
To quit the operation and close the dialog
box, click Cancel.
a Note:
• Be sure to select a folder that contains
.pes files.
• If a .pes file is saved with Pattern
extending off the Design Page or with
the number of stitches or number of
colors for the design exceeding the
Design Page limitations, a preview of
the image cannot be displayed.