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Arranging Embroidery Designs
Saving and Printing
Saving
■ Overwriting
Once the design has been saved, changes can
easily be saved so that the latest version can be
retrieved later.
Toolbar button:
1. Click , or click File, then Save.
→ If the design has already been saved at
least once, the file is saved immediately.
→ If no file name has been specified or if the
file cannot be found, the Save As dialog
box appears.
■ Saving with a new name
The current file can be saved with a different file
name in order to keep the original unchanged or to
keep various versions of the same image or design.
The files are saved as .pes files.
1. Click File, then Save As.
→ A Save As dialog box similar to the one
shown below appears.
2. Select the drive and the folder, and then type
in the file name.
3. Click Save to save the data.
→ The new file name appears in the title bar
of the PE-DESIGN Lite window.
■ Writing an embroidery design to
an original card
You can save a displayed embroidery design onto
an original card in order to transfer it to an
embroidery machine.
Toolbar button:
1. Insert an original card into the USB card writer
module.
a Note:
Saved files can be opened with this
software or PE-DESIGN version 7;
however, they cannot be opened with
version 6 or earlier.
b Memo:
• To quit the operation, click Cancel.
• If a file already exists with the name
specified in the Save As dialog box, the
following message appears.
• To overwrite the file, click
Yes
.
• If you do not want to overwrite the
existing file, click
No
. You can then
enter a different file name.
b Memo:
For details on writing two or more files to an
original card, refer to “Writing multiple
embroidery files to an original card” on
page 50.
a Note:
Be sure that the hoop size of the design
does not exceed the hoop that will be used
on the embroidery machine.
a Note:
• The original card is inserted correctly
when you hear it snap into place.
• It is not necessary to turn off the
computer when original cards are
inserted or removed from the USB card
writer module.