Scaling The Display Area Frame; Saving; Overwriting; Saving With A New Name - Brother PE-Design 6.0 Instruction Manual

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Design Center
Scaling the display area
frame
1.
Move the pointer over a corner of the display
area frame.
→ The shape of the pointer changes to
or
, depending on the corner that the
pointer is over.

Saving

Overwriting

Once the image or pattern 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 image or pattern has already been
saved at least once, the file is saved im-
mediately.
→ 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 pattern.
Files can be saved as bitmap files (.bmp) in stage 1
(Original Image stage), .pel files in stage 2 (Line
Image stage), and .pem files in stage 3 (Figure
Handle stage) and stage 4 (Sew Setting stage).
1.
Click File, then Save As.
→ A Save As dialog box similar to the one
shown below appears.
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Stage 4 (Sew Setting Stage)
b
Memo:
and
are for scaling the height
and width.
2.
Drag the corner to adjust the display area
frame to the desired size.
2.
Select the drive and the folder, and then type
in the file name.
b
Memo:
• The correct extension is automatically
selected.
• Image data from stage 1 (Original Image
stage) can only be saved as a bitmap file
(.bmp).
In stage 2 (Line Image stage), image data
is saved as a .pel file.
In stage 3 (Figure Handle stage) and stage
4 (Sew Setting stage), pattern data is
saved as a .pem file.
a
Note:
If you select a file type of a previous software
version, saved .pem files can be opened
with that version of the software; however,
some information may be lost.
3.
Click Save to save the data.
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.

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