Before Using
Design Center
Layout & Editing
File Utility
Programmable
Stich Creator
Contents
Quik Reference
Alphabetic Index
Getting Started
• Deleting points
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64
Line Drawing Mode
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65
• Drawing a broken line
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65
Zoom-in Mode
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65
Fit Design Page to Window
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66
Zoom-out Mode
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66
Enlarging Selected Outlines to the Screen Size
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66
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Using the Stage 4 Tool Box
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67
Region Setting Mode
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67
• Applying the sewing attributes to a region
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67
• Checking the sewing attributes of a region
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68
Line (all) Setting Mode
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69
• Applying the sewing attributes to an outline
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69
• Checking the sewing attributes of an outline
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69
Line (part) Setting Mode
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70
• Applying the sewing attributes to a portion of
the outline
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70
• Checking the sewing attributes of a portion of
an outline
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71
Hole Sewing Mode
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72
Zoom-in Mode
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72
Fit Design Page to Window
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72
Zoom-out Mode
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72
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Using the Sewing Attributes Bar
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73
Setting the Thread Color and Stitch
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73
• Region sew
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73
• Line sew
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74
• Color
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75
• Stitch
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76
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Using the Menu Bar and the Toolbar
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77
File Menu
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77
• New Line Image
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78
• New Figure Data
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78
• Wizard
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79
• Open
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81
• Select TWAIN device
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82
• Input from TWAIN device
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83
• Input from Clipboard
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83
• Output to Clipboard
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84
• Import Figure
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84
• Save
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85
• Save As
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85
• Exit
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86
Edit Menu
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87
• Undo
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87
• Redo
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87
• Cut
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87
• Copy
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88
• Duplicate
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88
• Paste
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88
• Delete
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88
• Mirror – Horizontal
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89
• Mirror – Vertical
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89
• Rotate
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90
• Numerical Setting-Size
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90
• Numerical Setting-Rotate
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91
• Select All
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91
Sew Menu
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92
• Sewing Attributes
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92
• Sewing Order
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96
Display Menu
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98
• Grid Setup
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98
• Preview
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99
• Refresh Window
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99
• Realistic Preview
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99
• Realistic Preview Attribute Setting
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99
• Toolbar
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100
• Status Bar
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100
Option Menu
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101
• Layout & Editing
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101
• Programmable Stitch Creator
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101
• File Utility
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101
• Design Page Property
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101
• Select Color Arrangement
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102
• Select System Unit
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103
Stage Menu
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104
• To Original Image
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104
• To Line Image
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104
• To Figure Handle
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106
• To Sew Setting
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108
• To Photo Stitch
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109
Help Menu
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114
• Contents
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114
• Using
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114
• Customer support
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114
• About Design Center
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115
Layout & Editing
■
The Screen
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117
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Using the Tool Box
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118
Selection Mode
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119
• Selecting patterns
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119
• Selecting patterns 2
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119
• Moving patterns
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119
• Scaling patterns
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120
• Flipping a pattern horizontally or vertically
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120
• Rotating a pattern
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121
Point Edit Mode
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122
• Moving points
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122
• Reorienting a tangent to a point
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123
• Inserting points
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123
• Deleting points
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124
• Realigning
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124
• Selecting characters on a text pattern
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125
Zoom Mode
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125
• Zooming in
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126
• Zooming out
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126
• Zooming to the real size
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126