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    Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual
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    ii Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Copyright © Copyright 2009 Pulse Microsystems Ltd. All rights reserved. This instruction manual and software are copyrighted by the developer of the software, Pulse Microsystems Ltd. All rights reserved. US Patent Nos. 5 270 939; 5 343 401; 5 430 658; 5
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    and Ribbon Buttons 12 Pacesetter Menu Tools 12 Extra Designing 26 Viewing and Hiding the Embroidery Hoop 27 Selecting a Hoop 27 Creating a Custom Hoop 28 Help 29 Opening the Help 29 Using the Contents 29 Using the Index 30 Using Search 30 Saving Favorite Help Topics 31 Printing Help
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    2 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Creating Lettering 33 Creating Lettering 34 Normal Text Tool 34 Path Text Tool 35 Custom Shapes for Text on a Path 37 Vertical Text Frame 39 Circle Text Frame 40 Creating Monograms 41 Text Frames - an Overview 42 Adjusting Size of a Text Segment
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    90 The Select Tool 90 Copying, Cutting, and Pasting Design Components 93 Aligning Items in the Design Horizontally and Vertically 95 Moving Parts of a Design Manually 96 Nudging Design Components 96 Deleting Design Components 97 Rotating Design Components 97 Working with the Color Palette 99
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    4 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Special Design Tools 101 Merging Design Files 101 Add Designs Feature 103 Distorting Segments 105 Sequencing Outline Segments 109 Sequencing Segments 109 Inserting Segments Earlier in the Segment Sequence 110 Moving a Segment Forward or Backward
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    Before you start using the software, we recommend that you understand the Pacesetter BES Lettering design workspace and learn a few of the basic components outlined in this section. Topics covered in this chapter: • Learn the basics of how to set up the design workspace environment. • Learn
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    6 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Parts of the Workspace The Pacesetter BES Lettering workspace contains a number of different areas which have distinct functions. The sections that follow give an overview of what each of these areas does, and the kinds of information about the design
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    is fully customizable, meaning that you can add the tools you personally use most often, for easy access. See "Customizing the Quick Access toolbar This means that you are able to select tools from any of the Pacesetter BES Lettering toolbars and add them to the Quick Access toolbar. You do this by
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    8 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual 3 From the "Choose Commands from:" list, select the toolbar containing the command you want. The list of tools on that toolbar now appears in the "
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    the Quick Access Toolbar. These are small vertical marks which appear on the Quick Access Toolbar, and divide the commands into groups for ease of use. A separator is added just the same way as you add commands; select in the "Choose commands" list and then click the Add >> button. Here
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    10 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts Another useful feature of the More Commands menu item (on the Quick Access Toolbar) is that it gives you the option of assigning your own custom keyboard shortcuts. Keyboard shortcuts can be very useful for those tools
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    , press the sequence of keys that you want to use; these keystrokes will appear in the field. If there are two or more keys used in the shortcut, a plus sign (+) will be inserted between them, to indicate that they are to be used in combination. The (+) on your keyboard is not part of the
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    12 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Toolbar and Ribbon Buttons You can access the tools available in Pacesetter BES Lettering through the various tool bars. The tables below show the buttons, grouped by location (i.e. whether they are on the Quick Access Bar, or on one
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    open on your computer. Exit: Closes all open files and shuts down Pacesetter BES Lettering; you will be prompted to save any open files. Extra Tools Tool clipboard. Paste: Pastes the clipboard contents into the design, at the end of the design sequence. Insert: Pastes a copy of the clipboard
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    baseline. Monogram Frame: Creates three-letter monogram text. Add Designs: Adds decorative features to your design accents, appliqués, borders, and frames. 3D: Realistically renders your design onscreen. Grid: Displays a background grid, which helps with alignment. This grid can be used for the
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    Accessed via the drop-down menu from the Select tool.Selects all items in the design workspace. Distort: Displays the Distortion dialog, which you can use to add interesting effects to the selected design. Align Left: Aligns all selected objects with the left-most item selected. Align Right: Aligns
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    16 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Tool What it means Vertical Center: Takes all or not commands and stitch points are shown in the design, and so on. There are three areas found on this tab, Windows, Show/Hide, and Program Preferences. Windows In the windows area, check the box
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    the stitches. Program Preferences Click on the Program Preferences button to open a dialog in which you can set the default machine settings, change to see on-screen how your design will sew out. You can use the Simulator to eliminate potential sewing problems. When you select Simulator from the
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    18 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual The length of the scrollbar slider represents all of the stitches in the opened design. You can move the scrollbar slider by dragging it to see a design as it will look sewn to a particular point. The color display within the scrollbar indicates the
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    Palette (if it is not already displayed), go to the Windows area of the View tab and check the Palette box. The color palette in Pacesetter BES Lettering. For more information on the color palette, see "Changing Thread Colors" in the "Working with Designs" section of this manual.
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    Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Using Scrollbars The scrollbars are inside the design workspace on the right and bottom of the window. These operate as standard scrollbars, which you may be familiar with from any typical Windows application. They allow you to quickly navigate the design
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    because many of the manufacturers of embroidery machines and designs use metric values. English vs. Metric Pacesetter BES Lettering displays inch measurements in tenths of inches. If you think in inches, then you can to set the software to use the inch system. Open the Preferences dialog and click
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    22 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Changing Machine Format Properties All designs in Pacesetter BES Lettering have a machine format. Machine formats have their own profile settings that determine how embroidery information will be interpreted when you save design files. When you create a
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    about the Workspace 23 Adjusting the View of your Workspace Magnifying and Reducing the View Use Zoom to magnify or reduce parts of your design. With Zoom you can either left-click to enlarge your design or right-click to make your design smaller. You can zoom in and out of your workspace by
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    24 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual 4 Do one of the following steps: Š To increase the zoom, continue clicking and dragging the flexible box. Š From the Zoom toolbar, click on the down arrow under the Zoom icon, and use the Zoom tool settings to zoom back out. Additional options on the
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    or embroidery you're working on will not show up in the workspace.You can move to parts of your design that go beyond the window's borders. In these situations, you can use keyboard arrows or the pan tool to change your view of the project. Panning using the keyboard: • Use the • Use the • Use the
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    bar. Displaying a Hoop While Designing Viewing the hoop or frame on the screen lets you ensure that your design fits properly when you run it on the machine. The hoop serves as a guide to help size and position your design in the design window. Pacesetter BES Lettering comes with many pre-loaded
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    will notice that you can select hoops from different file types in this dialog. This is useful when you want to make sure that your design will fit for more than one kind of embroidery machine. To select a hoop using the Hoops dialog: 1 On the Home Tab click the down arrow under the Hoop tool
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    Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual 3 Select the machine format from the Format drop-down list. 4 From the list of Hoops, choose a hoop size appropriate for your design. 5 If needed, check the "Rotate by 90º" box to make the hoop fit your design for your use in future designs. To add
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    most often. Opening the Help To open the Help: 1 Double-click the Pacesetter BES Lettering icon on your desktop. You see the blank design workspace. 2 Click the Help tool. You see the Help. Using the Contents The Help has a table of contents, with a list of book icons. Each book contains a series of
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    30 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Using the Index The Help index is similar to the index in a book. To use the Index: 1 Click the Help tool. You see the Help. 2 In the box, enter the word or words you want to search for. In the list, you see the topics that most closely match your
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    lets you save the topics that you visit most often and want to access quickly. To save your favorite topics: 1 Click the Help tool. You see the Help. 2 Double-click the book you want to open. 3 Click the topic you want to save as your favorite. You see the topic in the right
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    32 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Š Print the selected topic Š Print the selected heading and all subtopics 5 Click OK. You see the Print dialog box. 6 Change any of the print settings, if necessary, and click OK. The topic will be sent to your printer.
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    lettering to your designs using various Pacesetter BES Lettering tools. Generate unique embroidery text in an array of shapes and sizes using our powerful Text tools. Topics covered in this chapter: • Creating lettering with the Normal, Path, Vertical, and Circle text tools. • Using the Monogram
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    34 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Creating Lettering There are five different tools which are used to input your lettering into a design: the Normal Text tool, the Path Text tool, the Vertical Text tool, the Circle text tool, and the Monogram tool. The following sections describe how to
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    changing the font, and other text settings, see "Normal Text Properties". Path Text Tool The Path Text tool creates lettering that follows a set linear path. For example, you can use the Path tool to create text that bends to follow the curved edge of a garment. Pacesetter BES Lettering comes with
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    36 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual 3 Click once in the design font is now displayed at the top of the properties panel. Š Click Apply in the Properties panel. Important: If you choose a new font, but do not click Apply at this stage, the text will revert to the font previously in use
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    Creating Lettering 37 6 Right-click to complete the text segment. Your text appears in the design. You can now make any to the Path Text shapes already installed with your Pacesetter BES Lettering software, you can create and save your own shape, using the Edit baseline command. You are also able to
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    Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual 4 Click and drag the anchor points and direction lines to modify the shape of the baseline. 5 Right-click to redraw the lettering Text Path will now appear in the Select paths dialog when you use the Text on a Path tool. Changing the Anchor Point Type When
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    Creating Lettering Vertical Text Frame Vertical Text items are created using the Vertical tool. Vertical text items are those that font, and can be adjusted. To create vertical text: 1 On the Ribbon, select the Home tab. 2 On the Text bar, click on the Vertical Text 3 Click once in the design
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    Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual A preview of the newly selected font is now displayed at the top of the properties panel. Š Click Apply in the Properties panel. Important: If you choose a new font, but do not click Apply at this stage, the text will revert to the font previously in use
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    three letters long by default (but this can be changed on the properties panel). Decorations can be added to Monogram items for those fonts that support them. To create Monogram text: 1 On the Ribbon, select the Home tab. 2 On the Text bar, click on the Monogram 3 Click once in the design window
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    42 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Text Frames - an Overview In Pacesetter BES Lettering, you can modify your lettering in a number of different ways once you have created it. You can change the overall size of the text, the height, the slant, the spacing between letters (kerning), and
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    Creating Lettering 43 Adjusting the Width of Text The Width of text items can be adjusted using the Width Handle. This handle is on the bottom, right of the design and it appears as a green arrow pointing right. If you drag this handle, you will be able to adjust the width of the design, but
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    44 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Using the Envelope Handles These handles apply only to Normal Text and Monogram text items. the design, both above and below the text. These handles adjust vertically to form a curved shape to the text, top and bottom independently. Used in combination
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    design rotate onscreen as you are dragging, and the text will recalculate when you release the mouse. Adjusting the Slant of Text The angle of the letters the Slant Handle and drag. To add a forward (positive) slant to the letters, drag to the right and to add a backward (negative) slant, drag to
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    46 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Adjusting the Size of Text in the Circle Frame The size of text items can be adjusted using the Proportional Sizing Handle. This handle is at the top of the lettering and appears as a blue circle. Select the Circle Text tool and place your mouse pointer
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    "Working with individual letters" section of the manual. To change the height and width at the same time, see "Adjusting the size of text in the Circle Frame" Changing the Diameter of the Circle Frame You can change the overall diameter of the baseline of your Circle Text using the Rotation Handle
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    48 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual If, after performing any of the adjustments above, you wish to return the frame to its original size and shape, right-click on the workspace and choose reset frame from the option menu. The frame will reset itself. Working with Individual Letters The
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    you add space, you will see the whole length of text expand by this amount. The spacing between each of the other letters remains the same. Moving Individual Letters Individual letters can be moved using the Letter Handles. The Letter Handles are the blue squares which appear in the center of each
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    50 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Letter Size Handles appear only when an individual Letter Handle has been clicked on. The Letter Size Handles are on the top, left and bottom, right of the letter and are olive green. These handles can be dragged to increase or decrease the proportional
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    pointer. Creating Multi-color Text Segments When you are creating design compositions involving lettering, you may find that you want to have two or more colors in a single line of text. In Pacesetter BES Lettering, this can be easily done using the Properties panel. You accomplish this by inserting
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    52 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Color2, etc.) and can then be assigned its own thread color from the Color Palette. To insert thread color changes within a text segment: 1 Select the text segment. 2 In the Text field of the Text Properties panel, type a tilde (~) between letters in
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    but you can apply changes in exactly the same way between individual letters in a word. Note that the tildes do not add any use for each from the color palette. To change colors in a two-color font: 1 Create a text segment, using any of the Text tools. 2 In the Properties box, select a two-color font
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    54 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual 3 Find the color you wish to apply to the fill of the lettering segment in the color palette, and left-click on it. You see the following Options menu. 4 In the Options menu, click on Color 1. The fill color of the lettering changes to the chosen color.
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    3: Text Properties Topics covered in this chapter: • Editing text objects using Properties panel settings. • Using the Styles feature to give a different look to your lettering. • How to know what characters are available in each font. • The Spell Checker feature. • How to use the color palette.
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    56 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual The Properties Panel The Pacesetter BES Lettering Properties Panel appears on the right of the workspace. This panel displays, and allows you to modify, all the properties associated with the lettering in your designs. These properties include the text
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    Text Properties 57 Changing the Text As well as being able to type directly on the screen (see appropriate sections under "Creating Text"), you can also input your text by typing in into the Text field on the Properties Panel. Note, however, that there is some variation on what you can type,
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    58 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Changing the Font of Existing Text Segment You can change the font type of text objects using the dropdown list of fonts in the Properties Panel. At the top of the area, you see a preview image showing a sample of the selected font. You can choose from
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    the available characters; this procedure does not apply to TrueType fonts. To display an embroidery font's available keystrokes: 1 Display the Properties Panel, if it is not already visible. 2 In the Text area, select the font you want to use in the Font field. 3 Do one of the following: Š Hover the
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    60 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Spell Checker The Spell Checker feature is found in the Properties Panel in Pacesetter BES Lettering. You can check the spelling of text segments created in any of the Text, Vertical Text, Path Text or Circle Text modes. Note that Spell Checker uses the
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    workspace. Changing the Height of Lettering With Pacesetter BES Lettering, it is easy to change the height of any lettering. Height refers to the tallest character in the desired lettering. So, if an uppercase letter is followed by lowercase letters, the uppercase letter will typically be larger and
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    62 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual 3 Type in the height you want your letters to be. 4 Click Apply to save your changes. You see your text's height altered accordingly. Changing Font Spacing The font spacing setting adds a specified amount of space between each letter. Thus, if you
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    the Width field. 3 Enter the width percentage value you want to use. 4 Click Apply to save your changes. You see your text's width percentage altered accordingly. Changing the Slant Setting Pacesetter BES Lettering allows you to use the Slant setting to create a slanted effect in text objects. Slant
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    64 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Applying an Envelope One way to vary the shape of your text segment is to use the Envelope setting. This allows you to apply a predefined envelope to change the shape of a Normal Text or Monogram text item. To apply one of the pre-determined envelope
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    example of the monograms made using the Decor Monogram fonts. Decor is only available when the Monogram is created using the special monogram fonts that support it; these are the ones labelled Decor Monogram in the list of fonts. You can create a monogram font using another kind of font, but in this
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    66 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Align The Align setting is found only in Normal text mode and applies to lettering segments with more than one line. The options for this property are Left, Right and Center. For example, Left alignment means that every line will
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    Resetting Individual Letters If you are have selected a single letter in a text segment, the context menu will have an additional option, the Reset Letter command. Use this command in cases where you have manipulated a letter and want to text strings, so you will not have to re-enter them manually.
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    Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Text Styles Option There is the option in the Properties Panel, for those fonts that support it, to change the style of the embroidery that is used to draw your lettering. Text Styles is an extra option which you can use decorative, programmed stitch which
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    to Steil. For more information about these properties, see "Changing Lettering Properties". Appliqué Style Text If you need to create large letters, Appliqué Style text is one way to reduce the number of stitches required. With Appliqué lettering, you use cut pieces of fabric in place of large fill
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    70 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual There are three different embroidery segments for each letter in appliqué style text: • Positioning stitches. These sew onto the garment first, and serve as a guide for placing the appliqué fabric. • Tack-down stitches. Once you have place the appliqué
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    71 Š In the Inset box, select a percentage to inset the edge of the appliqué border, relative to the outline of the lettering. 4 Click Apply. Adjusting Blanket settings for Appliqué Style Text After you select the Appliqué stitch type, you can adjust any of the default settings available. You must
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    72 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual You must make all changes to the Appliqué stitches from the Appliqué box. To adjust Motif settings for Appliqué: 1 Select the Appliqué text segment. 2 In the Properties panel, in the Appliqué Type field, select Motif. 3 Adjust any of the following
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    Style segment. 2 Open the properties box and select the Appliqué tab. 3 Click the button next to the Appliqué Fabric list. The Import Fabric dialog will open. You can scan your own images of fabric swatches for use in your design projects. For best results, scan them with a resolution of 300 dpi
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    74 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Adjusting Fill Settings Within the properties panel, the Fill area allows you to customize the parameters used by Pacesetter BES Lettering when it creates the stitches that will fill the text design. You have the option to add a pattern type and change
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    embroidery. Density is measured in millimeters. How does changing this setting affect your design? If you have a very loosely woven fabric, you may want to use setting to use, try the standard setting of 0.4. This setting works well almost universally, as long as you have not exceeded the font's size
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    76 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual A general rule is to go for full-fabric coverage, but add extra stabilizer if you want to support a high-density fill on a lowdensity fabric. For larger text objects, particularly when you exceed the maximum recommended height of a font, you will
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    see your segment altered accordingly. Underlay Properties Underlay stitches are laid down before the visible, or "top" stitches, to help stabilize stretchy fabrics. They can also help to tack down wales or naps (on fabrics such as corduroy). There are a variety of possible underlay types available
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    78 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Selecting the Underlay Type You can select underlay down to the Underlay area. 3 Select one or more of the following underlay types you want to use: Contour, Parallel, Perpendicular, Zig-Zag, Full Lattice, or Lattice. When you select underlay types,
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    area. 3 Select one or more of the following underlay types you want to use: Contour, Parallel, Perpendicular, Zig-Zag, Full Lattice, or Lattice. When you the Inset Distance You can change the inset distance. Pacesetter BES Lettering calculates the inset distance (the distance the underlay stitches
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    80 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual 3 Select one or more of the following underlay types you want to use: Contour, Parallel, Compensation Settings Pacesetter BES Lettering allows you to adjust the pull compensation in your design. In the Properties panel, you can use the settings
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    Absolute Value box. 6 Click Apply. Displaying Special Characters When you create lettering, you can enter characters available on your keyboard. You can also enter characters using ASCII numbers, a feature that is available for you to use if needed. An ASCII number is a code number, four digits long
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    82 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Special Characters List The following lists the special characters that may be available in Pacesetter BES Lettering. Character € ' ' " " - Key Code Alt + 0128 Alt + 0145 Alt + 0146 Alt + 0147 Alt + 0148 Alt + 0149 Alt + 0151 Alt + 0153 Alt +
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    Character Text Properties 83 Key Code Alt + 0202 Alt + 0203 Alt + 0204 Alt + 0205 Alt + 0206 Alt + 0207 Alt + 0208 Alt + 0209 Alt + 0210 Alt + 0211 Alt + 0212 Alt + 0213 Alt + 0214 Alt + 0215 Alt + 0216 Alt + 0217 Alt + 0218 Alt + 0219 Alt + 0220 Alt + 0221 Alt + 0222 Alt + 0223 Alt + 0224 Alt +
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    84 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Character Key Code Alt + 0238 Alt + 0239 Alt + 0240 Alt + 0241 Alt + 0242 Alt + 0243 Alt of special characters and their corresponding key codes, see "Special Characters List". 4 Release the ALT key on your keyboard. You see the special character.
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    want to create and save them as files to output to your machine. Pacesetter BES Lettering allows you to save to a number of machine formats. You can also use the Merge feature to add a stitch file to your lettering. For designs with multiple components (that is, more than one text segment, or a text
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    86 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Creating New Designs When you open Pacesetter BES Lettering, you can immediately begin creating a new, untitled design in the design window. The design window automatically opens using the default recipe and machine format settings specified in the
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    87 3 In the Machine format list, select the machine format that you want applied to the design when created. 4 Click OK. You see a new design window. Opening and Closing Designs Pacesetter BES Lettering allows you to open designs in a wide variety of file formats. When you open a design file in the
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    88 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual To open a file you have recently worked on, click the Pacesetter button and locate the file in the "Recently used designs" list. To close a design: • Click the Pacesetter Button , and select Close or Close All from the menu. Choosing the Default
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    , or file format. Save As is used when you want to keep your original design and create another design with slight modifications. The Save command saves the changes you make to the current design. To save a design: 1 Do one of the following: Š Click the Pacesetter Button , and choose Save As from
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    90 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Š On the Quick Access Toolbar, choose the Save As tool. You see the Save As dialog box. 2 In the Save in list, browse to the location you want to save your file. 3 In the File Name box, enter the file name for the design you want to save. 4 In the
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    tool under "Creating Lettering". It is important to note that, whenever you open a design, all the components will be grouped by default. Therefor, of you want to use any of the following procedures to select individual segments of the embroidery design, you must first Ungroup the design. To do this
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    92 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual The active design components will be enclosed in a selection box with handles. The properties of any stitch file that you have included using the Merge Design file feature cannot be modified from the properties box. For more information, see "Merging
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    property settings as required. Copying, Cutting, and Pasting Design Components You can use a variety of methods to copy design components in your designs. To copy to the clipboard: 1 Select one or more design components you want to copy. 2 To copy design components to the clipboard, do one of the
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    94 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Š In the design workspace, right-click on the selection and choose Copy from the menu. Š Press Ctrl + C. The design components are copied to the clipboard. 3 To paste design components from the clipboard, do one of the following: Š In the Clipboard area
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    95 Aligning Items in the Design Horizontally and Vertically You can align lettering or design components horizontally or vertically using the Align tools on the Arrange tab. Vertical alignment Horizontal alignment To align design components: 1 Select the design components you want to align. 2 On
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    96 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Align Bottom: Aligns all Design Components Nudging moves the selected design component or group of design components. Nudging is similar to dragging the design component but the distance that the design component moves is smaller. To nudge up: • Use
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    center point of the selection. The rotate tools on the Arrange tab may be used to rotate Text or merged stitch designs through 90º increments. To rotate text through a smaller angle, you can rotate the selection using the handles. See "Rotating the Text Frame" in the section on Creating Text. You
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    98 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual To rotate segments manually: 1 Select one or more segments you want to rotate. The active segment(s) is enclosed in a selection box with handles. 2 Move your mouse over the blue rotation bead beside the top, right or the bottom left design handle. You
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    . The color palette, which is located along the top edge of the design space, shows you the thread colors that are available in the thread chart that is currently selected. Selecting a Thread Chart Pacesetter BES Lettering comes with a large number of the most popular manufacturers' thread charts
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    looking for will now be the selected color in the palette. Changing a Thread Color Pacesetter BES Lettering allows you to adjust the colors of the lettering you create, or indeed any segment of the design, by using the Color Palette; you do this by choosing thread objects in the Color palette. When
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    a number of very useful special features in Pacesetter BES Lettering which you can use to incorporate extra embroidery and effects into your designs. These are described in the following sections. Merging Design Files You can merge multiple design files into an active design window. Click on Merge
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    102 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual 6 To view a preview of the selected design, select Preview, if not already selected. A preview image of the selected design appears in the small window on the right-hand side of the dialog. 7 Click Open. The merged design file appears in the design
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    , you can choose from among a wide variety of embroidery accents, borders, frames, and appliqué shapes and place them in you design using only the mouse buttons. These designs come pre-loaded with your Pacesetter BES Lettering software. To use the Add Designs tool: 1 In the Home tab of the Ribbon
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    104 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual 5 Place the mouse pointer, at the position you would like the Add Design to begin 6 Click and drag the mouse; as you drag, note that the Add Design appears in outline in your workspace. This outline indicates the size and orientation of the Add Design
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    or appliqué appears in your design. Distorting Segments Distortion, also called morphing, takes a set of stitches and moves them all around in a pattern: It distorts the design. Distortion works with working files (*.BRF) and stitch files or specified stitch segments. Pacesetter BES Lettering allows
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    106 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Distortion dialog. The following graphic shows an example of ZigZag distortion. Distortion Controls: Amplitude Going back to the 'ripples' concept, the amplitude is the height
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    107 Distortion Controls: Angle The Twirl effect uses an angle setting to determine how much 'twist' the design will be given. Distortion Controls: Radius The Pinch effect takes the middle of the design and stretches it so that it looks like a ball. The radius of this ball is controlled by the
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    108 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Distortion Controls: Scale The scale is also used by the Pinch effect. It controls how much to expand the 'ball'. The previous picture shows a high scale. The picture below is an example of a low scale: To distort segments: 1 Open an existing design. 2
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    segments in your designs. You can move them up, down, to the beginning of the sewing order, or to the end. You can also use this view to This might not be optimal for jump stitches, and the machine will take longer to embroider the design in this sequence, compared to if the segments were properly
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    Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Inserting Segments Earlier in the Segment Sequence You can add segments earlier in your design's segment sequence and change the order segments are sewn. To insert segments before the insertion point: 1 Select and cut, or copy, the segment. 2 In the design
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    Editing Designs 111 command was used to change the sewing order so that, instead of jumping to the bottom letter and then going back to the middle (A - C - B) the letters sew in order from top to bottom (A - B - C). To move a segment forward: 1 Select the segment or segments. 2 Do one of the
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    112 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Moving a Segment to the Start or End of the Design Use the Move First command to make the selected segment the first one to be stitched. When a design is sewn, the first segment sewn is usually "on the bottom" or in the "back" of the design. Use the
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    D is originally the design's the second segment; after Selecting Move-Last, it will be on top of all other segments, as shown on the right. Moving a Segment to the nearest Matching Color Group Pacesetter BES Lettering allows you to automatically move a segment to the previous or next segment group
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    114 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual 2 Do one of the following: Š In the design workspace, right-click the segment(s) and choose Move-Prev Match. Š In the Sequence View area, right-click the segment(s) in the list and choose Move-
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    Editing Designs 115 To move a segment to the next thread color layer: 1 Select the segment(s) you want to move. 2 Do one of the following:
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    116 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Š In the design workspace, right-click the segment(s) and each thread used. Previewing a Design before Printing You can preview a worksheet on the screen before sending it to the printer. To preview a design: 1 Click the Pacesetter Button from
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    out on the worksheet, click Zoom Out and scroll to view specific parts of the design. 3 To close print preview and return to the design window, click Close. Printing Design Worksheets You can print a design, without previewing it, by selecting the Print Setup toolbar icon. This button opens your
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    118 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual 2 Make any required changes to the print settings 3 Click OK to send the file to the printer. Changing the Print Settings You can customize print settings for your embroidery designs. Pacesetter BES Lettering allows you to adjust the image and
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    Color Analysis to print an expanded thread sequence view that includes a view of the colors used, the color sequence, and the thread consumption for each color. 6 Select Print In One Page to print the design on a single worksheet page. If Print Color Analysis is selected along with Print In One
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    120 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual
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    Glossary
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    122 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Appliqué Embroidery process that involves using cut pieces of fabric in place of large fill stitch areas. The fabric pieces are sewn into the design. The process is used to reduce stitch counts in large designs and/or to create a unique appearance.
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    letters, large fill areas and textured fabrics, generally need higher densities. The reverse can be true as well. Design Workspace The design workspace includes the toolbars, menus, ribbon, and the design window containing the design individual segments if the software being used allows this. Handles
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    the machine bed for embroidering. Jump Stitch Movement of the pantograph without needle penetration, commonly used to get from one point in a design to another. Lettering Embroidery using letters or words. Lettering commonly called "keyboard lettering" may be created from computer software, which
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    you use machine formats, your design information displays accurately on the screen and designs are sewn correctly on each embroidery machine. You can select a specific machine format for a design when opening or saving designs. Monogram Embroidered design composed of one or more letters, usually
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    126 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual Running Stitch Consists of one stitch between two points. Used for outlining and fine detail. Satin Stitch Formed by closely arranged zig-zag stitches. Also known as a column stitch. Segment A single piece of a design that is created at one time. A
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    Alignment 66 Anchor points 38 Angle, text 45 Applique borders 70 Arc Frame 66 ASCII numbers 81 B point locations 38 Changing colors (Two-color font) 53 Changing font type 58 Changing inset distance 79 Changing Copying segments 93 Creating Monogram Text 41 Creating new designs 86 Creating Normal Text
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    128 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual F File Tools 13 Fill density 75 Fill patterns customizing Carved Fill 76 Fill stitches 78 Underlay types 78 Fit Hoop 14 Flip Horizontal tool 16 Flip Vertical tool 16 Font spacing 62 Font type 58 Frames, text mode 66 G Grid tool 14 H Handles 123 Help
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    designs 116 Print Preview command 116 Print Preview tool 12 Print settings 118 Printing 117 Printing Help Letters 50 Rotating segments 97 Ruler tool 26 Running Stitch 126 S Satin stitches 70 Save 89 Save As 89 Save tool 12 Saving Favorite Help Topics 31 Saving Projects font, changing colors 53
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    130 Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual U Underlay stitch length 79 Underlay types 78 Undo tool 13, 20 V Vertical Center tool (Align) 16, 96 Vertical Text 39 Vertical Text tool 14 Viewing designs 25, 96 Views tools 23 Zoom 23, 24 W Wave distortion 105 Width compensation 62 Worksheet Setting
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