Brother PE-DESIGN V7 instruction manual Saving and Printing, Overwriting, Saving with a new name

Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)

Saving and Printing

Saving

■Overwriting

Once the image or design has been saved, changes can easily be saved so that the latest version can be retrieved later.

Toolbar button:

1.Click , or click File, then Save.

→If the image or design has already been saved at least once, the file is saved immediately.

→If no file name has been specified or if the file cannot be found, the Save As dialog box appears.

■Saving with a new name

The current file can be saved with a different file name in order to keep the original unchanged or to keep various versions of the same image or design. The files are saved as .pes files.

1.Click File, then Save As.

→A Save As dialog box similar to the one shown below appears.

2.Select the drive and the folder, and then type in the file name.

a Note:

•If you select a file type of a previous software version, saved .pes files can be opened with that version of the software; however, all saved design will be converted to stitch pattern.

•Custom-sized Design Pages cannot be saved in a software version prior to version 6.

•Custom-sized Design Pages will be saved in one file, but the stitch pattern is saved separately for all hoop sizes.

3.Click Save to save the data.

b Memo:

•To quit the operation, click Cancel.

•If a file already exists with the name specified in the Save As dialog box, the following message appears.

•To overwrite the file, click Yes.

•If you do not want to overwrite the existing file, click No. You can then enter a different file name.

→The new file name appears in the title bar of the Layout & Editing window.

■Outputting design in a different format

The data shown in the Design Page can be exported as a file of a different format (.dst, .hus, .exp, .pcs,

.vip, .sew, .jef, .csd, .xxx, and .shv).

1.Click File, then Export.

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