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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing) Adding Text Entering text/Small text 1. Click on the Tool Box. → Three buttons appear: . 2. Click or . : Text : Small text → The Sewing Attributes bar appears. 3. If necessary, change the font, text size, color and sew type. b Memo: • You can change the font, text size, color, and sew type either before or after creating the text. c "Font" on page 81, "Text Size" on page 83, "Color" on page 95 and "Sew type" on page 96. • You can also use the settings in the Text Attribute Setting dialog box to define other attributes of the text. c "Specifying text attributes" on page 83. • You can also use the settings in the Sewing Attribute Setting dialog box to define other attributes for text. c "Specifying sewing attributes" on page 96. a Note: • If one of the fonts provided with this application (01 to 35) or custom fonts is selected, the line sew type cannot be selected. • A sew type cannot be selected for small text. 80 4. Click in the Design Page. → The Edit Text Letters dialog box appears, containing a chart with all characters available with the selected font. 5. Type the text. b Memo: • Press the Enter key to enter a new line of text. • You can also enter a character by selecting it in the character table, then clicking Insert, or simply by double-clicking it. This is particularly useful if you have to enter accented characters that are not available on your keyboard. 6. Click OK. → The text is displayed in the Design Page. b Memo: • If you want to edit the entered text, select it, and then select the menu command Text - Edit Letters. Edit the text in the Edit Text Letters dialog box that appears. c "Editing entered text" on page 83. • The Small Text tool is used to create text patterns where the jump stitches between the characters do not need to be cut. a Note: • If the entered characters are not available with the selected font or if the text cannot be converted to an embroidery pattern, an error message appears. Click OK to close the message and return to the Edit Text Letters dialog box, where you can correct the text.

Section	Page
PE-DESIGN8 Instruction Manual	1
Turn Any Design Into Original Embroidery With PE-DESIGN	4
What You Can Do With PE-DESIGN	6
Sew Types	8
Basic Operation Map	10
New Features of Version 8	11
Table of Contents	13
How To Use Manuals	15
Support/Service	16
Online Registration	16
Checking for the Latest Version of the Program	16
Tutorial	17
1. Importing Embroidery Patterns	17
2. Automatically Converting an Image to an Embroidery Design	21
3. Drawing Shapes to Create an Embroidery Design	31
4. Entering Text	37
5. Combining Embroidery Patterns	40
6. Print and Stitch	44
Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)	49
Layout & Editing Window	49
Opening/Importing Embroidery Designs	49
Checking Embroidery Patterns	53
Editing Embroidery Designs	54
Reshaping Embroidery Patterns	58
Editing a Stitch Pattern	64
Specifying the Design Page Size and Color	70
Changing Application Settings	71
Drawing Shapes	72
Manually Creating Professional-Level Embroidery Patterns (Manual Punching)	79
Adding Text	82
Entering Monograms	92
Applying Sewing Attributes to Lines and Regions	95
Editing Regions	116
Checking and Editing the Sewing Order/ Lock	119
Importing Image Data	122
Changing the Image Settings	125
Automatically Converting an Image to an Embroidery Pattern (Image to Stitch Wizard)	127
Saving and Printing	140
Basic Design Center Operations	147
Creating an Embroidery Design From an Image	147
Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center)	155
Design Center Window	155
Original Image Stage	156
Line Image Stage	158
Figure Handle Stage	160
Sew Setting Stage	165
About the Instruction Manual (PDF Format)	172
Tutorial (Advanced)	173
Entering Monograms	173
Creating Appliqués	176
Creating Split Embroidery Designs	178
Creating Design for Multi-Position Hoops	184
Managing Embroidery Design Files (Design Database)	189
Design Database Window	189
Starting Up Design Database	189
Checking Embroidery Designs	190
Opening Embroidery Designs	191
Organizing Embroidery Designs	192
Searching for an Embroidery Design	194
Converting Embroidery Design Files to Different Formats	195
Writing Embroidery Design Files to an Original Card	196
Outputting a Catalog of Embroidery Designs	198
Basic Programmable Stitch Creator Operations	201
Programmable Stitch Creator Window	201
Creating Fill/Stamp Stitch Pattern	201
Creating Motif Stitch Pattern	205
Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator)	207
Opening a Pattern File	208
Creating a New Pattern	209
Viewing the Pattern While Creating It	210
Creating a Pattern in Fill/Stamp Mode	210
Editing a Pattern in Fill/Stamp Mode	211
Creating Embossing/Engraving Effects in Fill/Stamp Mode	213
Creating a Pattern in Motif Mode	214
Editing a Pattern in Motif Mode	215
Saving Patterns	216
Changing the Settings	217
Basic Font Creator Operations	219
Font Creator Window	219
Manually Creating Custom Font	221
Creating Custom Fonts (Font Creator)	227
Opening a File	227
Selecting a Character and Preparing the Template	228
Creating a Font Character Pattern	231
Editing Font Character Patterns	232
Editing the Points of a Font Character Pattern	233
Checking the Created Font Patterns	234
Saving Font Character Patterns	236
Changing the Settings	237
Tips and Techniques	239
Enlarging/Reducing Stitch Patterns	239
Sewing Direction	239
Sewing Order	239
Sewing Wide Areas	240
Jump Stitch and Jump Stitch Trimming	240
Fonts Suitable for Embroidering	241
Creating Outlined Characters (Using Text Converted to Outline Object)	242
Converting Characters (Japanese, Chinese, Korean, etc) to Embroidery Patterns	243
Menus/Tools	245
Layout & Editing	245
Design Center	251
Design Database	256
Programmable Stitch Creator	258
Font Creator	261
Troubleshooting	264

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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)

Adding Text

Entering text/Small text

Click

on the Tool Box.

→

Three buttons appear:

Click

: Text

: Small text

→

The Sewing Attributes bar appears.

If necessary, change the font, text size, color

and sew type.

Click in the Design Page.

→

The

Edit Text Letters

dialog box

appears, containing a chart with all

characters available with the selected

font.

Type the text.

Click

→

The text is displayed in the Design Page.

Memo:

• You can change the font, text size, color,

and sew type either before or after creating

the text.

“Font” on page 81, “Text Size” on

page 83, “Color” on page 95 and

“Sew type” on page 96.

• You can also use the settings in the

Text

Attribute Setting

dialog box to define other

attributes of the text.

“Specifying text attributes” on

page 83.

• You can also use the settings in the

Sewing

Attribute Setting

dialog box to define other

attributes for text.

“Specifying sewing attributes” on

page 96.

Note:

• If one of the fonts provided with this

application (01 to 35) or custom fonts is

selected, the line sew type cannot be

selected.

• A sew type cannot be selected for small

text.

Memo:

• Press the

key to enter a new line of

text.

• You can also enter a character by selecting

it in the character table, then clicking

Insert

or simply by double-clicking it. This is

particularly useful if you have to enter

accented characters that are not available

on your keyboard.

Memo:

• If you want to edit the entered text, select

it, and then select the menu command

Text – Edit Letters

. Edit the text in the

Edit Text Letters

dialog box that

appears.

“Editing entered text” on page 83.

• The Small Text tool is used to create text

patterns where the jump stitches between

the characters do not need to be cut.

Note:

• If the entered characters are not available

with the selected font or if the text cannot

be converted to an embroidery pattern, an

error message appears. Click

to close

the message and return to the

Edit Text

Letters

dialog box, where you can correct

the text.

Enter