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Managing Embroidery designs
(Design Database)..........................................61
Step1 Checking embroidery design files ...61
Step2 Opening an embroidery design file
in Layout & Editing........................... 63
Case1 Printing a catalog of embroidery
designs ............................................63
Case2 Searching for an embroidery
design...............................................64
Entering Monograms (Layout & Editing).........66
Step1 Creating monograms ....................... 66
Step2 Changing the font and character
size...................................................67
Step3 Changing the thread color and sew
type ..................................................68
Step4 Adjusting the size and position
of the decorative pattern ..................69
Step5 Saving the embroidery design.......... 70
Step6 Transferring the design to an
original card...................................... 71
Creating Appliqués..........................................72
Step1 Creating an appliqué pattern ........... 72
Step2 Saving the design.............................74
Step3 Transferring the design to
an original card................................. 74
Automatically Converting an Image to an
Embroidery Pattern (Layout & Editing/
Image to Stitch Wizard) ............................ 76
Importing Image Data .....................................76
Importing image/photo data.........................76
Importing image data from a scanner
or digital camera..........................................76
Creating a portrait image.............................77
Importing image data from the Clipboard.... 78
Changing the Image Settings..........................79
Changing the display of the background
image........................................................... 79
Changing the size and position
of the image................................................. 79
Automatically Converting an Image to an
Embroidery Pattern
(Image to Stitch Wizard) ................................. 80
Automatically converting an image to an
embroidery pattern (Auto Punch) ................81
Automatically converting a photo to an
embroidery pattern
(Photo Stitch 1/Photo Stitch 2) .................... 82
Automatically converting an image
to a cross stitch pattern (Cross Stitch)......... 91
Arranging Embroidery Designs
(Layout & Editing) ..................................... 94
Opening/Importing Embroidery Designs......... 94
Creating a new embroidery design..............94
Opening a Layout & Editing file...................94
Importing embroidery design files................ 95
Importing embroidery designs from an
embroidery card...........................................97
Importing embroidery designs from Design
Center..........................................................98
Specifying the Design Page Size and Color ...99
Saving the Image Data..................................100
Editing Embroidery Designs..........................101
Selecting patterns......................................101
Moving patterns.........................................101
Scaling patterns.........................................103
Flipping patterns horizontally or vertically..104
Rotating patterns .......................................104
Grouping embroidery patterns...................105
Reshaping Embroidery Patterns ...................106
Selecting points .........................................106
Moving points.............................................106
Inserting points ..........................................107
Deleting points...........................................108
Transforming straight lines into curves
or curves into straight lines........................108
Smoothing out the path at a point..............109
Symmetrically adjusting the control
handles of a point ......................................109
Transforming to a pointed path..................110
Moving entry/exit points and the center
point...........................................................110
Editing a Stitch Pattern..................................113
Converting objects to a stitch pattern ........113
Editing stitch points of stitch pattern..........113
Changing colors of a stitch pattern ............115
Converting a stitch pattern to blocks..........115
Splitting off parts of a stitch pattern ...........116
Drawing Shapes............................................118
About circles and arcs ...............................118
Drawing a circle or an oval ........................118
Drawing an arc...........................................118
Drawing a fan shape..................................119
Drawing an arc & string .............................120
Selecting the circle/arc type.......................120
Drawing a rectangle...................................121
Specifying the radius of the rectangle
corners.......................................................121
Drawing various shapes ............................121
About straight lines and curves..................122
Drawing straight lines and curves..............123
Selecting the attributes of line ends...........124
Manually Creating Professional-Level
Embroidery Patterns (Manual Punching)......125
Adding Text...................................................127
Entering Text .............................................127
Selecting text attributes .............................128
Editing entered text....................................130
Selecting characters..................................131
Specifying text attributes............................132
Easy changes to the character size
and attributes.............................................133
Specifying text arrangement......................135
Transforming text.......................................137
Specifying TrueType text attributes...........137