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Layout & Editing

Text menu

The Text menu contains commands for performing actions on text patterns, such as fitting text to a curved
path.

Sew menu

The Sew menu contains commands for controlling the way each pattern will be sewn.

Menu

Toolbar

Purpose

Shortcut key

See page

Edit Letters

Allows you to edit entered text.

Ctrl + L

p. 156

Text Attribute Setting

Allows for precise control of character attributes.

Ctrl + K

p. 157

Fit Text to Path
Setting

Fits a line of text along a path.

Ctrl + T

p. 158

Release Text from
Path

Releases the text from the path.

Ctrl + Q

p. 160

Transform Text

Applies a preset transformation to text.

F2

p. 160

Clear Transformation

Restores the original shape of the text.

F3

p. 160

TrueType Font
Attribute Setting

Sets the attributes, such as the style, for TrueType
fonts that are converted to embroidery data.

p. 161

Convert to Outline
Object

Creates outline data from text data converted from a
TrueType font.

p. 161

Menu

Toolbar

Purpose

Shortcut key

See page

Sewing Attribute
Setting

Sets the sewing attributes of the regions and the
outlines of a pattern.

Ctrl + W

p. 171

Sewing Order/Color

Allows you to check and change the sewing order of
pattern colors and individual patterns.

F10

p. 184

Set hole sewing

Sets a pair of patterns for hole sewing (to avoid
sewing twice at the same place when a pattern
encloses another one).

p. 180

Cancel hole sewing

Cancels hole sewing.

p. 180

Stitch to Block

Converts imported stitch patterns into blocks (manual
punching data), allowing you to set sewing attributes
and to keep the stitching quality when scaling.

p. 142

Convert to Stitch

Converts a shape object to a stitch object.

p. 140

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