Template open, Save, W and “save” and “sa – Brother PE-DESIGN Ver.432 User Manual
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Template Open
Purpose:
Opens a background bitmap image that can be used as a guide to draw a new
embroidery pattern.
Shortcut key:
No shortcut key for this function
Toolbar:
No button for this function
Operation:
1
Click
File
, then
Template Open
.
A
Open
template file
dialog similar to this will display.
2
Your Design Page will display the bitmap image:
See also:
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Save
Purpose:
Saves your Design Page on the disk as a Version 2.0 file (default).
NOTE:
Saved
*
.pes
files can be opened with Version 1.0 of this software when you select
“Version 1.0 PES” as the File Type. Note however that some information could be
lost.
Shortcut key:
+
Toolbar:
◆
Select the drive, the folder and the file
name.
•
If the
Preview
check box is checked, the
contents of the selected file displays in
the Preview window.
◆
Click
Open
to open the file.
•
Double-clicking the file name will also
open the file and close the dialog.
◆
Click
Cancel
if you want to exit the func-
tion.
•
This application can handle only
uncompressed bitmap files.
•
The file name extension must be “bmp”.
•
The bitmap image cannot be directly embroi-
dered. You can only use it as a guide to draw an
embroidery pattern (using broken lines, curves
or manual punching).
•
Design Center allows you to make an embroi-
dery pattern from a bitmap image with more pre-
cision.
Ctrl
S