Brother International BES Lettering Users Manual - English - Page 93

Editing Designs 91 The Select tool is also used to select a number of components in order to align them as you wish; for more information, see, "Aligning design components horizontally and vertically". The Select tool can be used for both text segments and design segments; however, to do more detailed editing of text segments, such as resizing, stretching, or rotating, you will want to select them with the appropriate text tool. For more information on editing with these tools, see the corresponding sections for each 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, right-click on the design (you will see that the whole thing is enclosed in a selection box, and choose Ungroup from the context menu. To select one segment in the design: 1 From the Home tab, click the Select tool. 2 Click the design component you want to select. The active segment is enclosed in a selection box. To select multiple components in the design: 1 From the Home tab, click the Select tool. 2 Click a design component. Press CTRL on your keyboard while you click each design component not already selected.