Brother PE-DESIGN V7 instruction manual Table of Contents

Table of Contents

How to Use This Manual		1
Screen configuration		1
Operation buttons		1
How to use Support menus		1
How to use Menu areas/Main text areas		2
Printing		3
How to use the Search function		3
Displaying related Web pages		3
Features		4
What You Can Do With This Software		4
Automatically Create an Embroidery Pattern
From an Image		4
Automatically Create an Embroidery Pattern
From a Photo		4
Easily Create Custom Font Patterns		5
Have Fun Creating Embroidery Patterns
Manually		5
Create Embroidery Patterns Using All Four
Applications		6
Description of New Features		7
Basic Operation Map		8
Support/Service		9
Online Registration		9
Checking for the Latest Version of the
Program		9
Starting up/Exiting Applications		10
Starting up Layout & Editing		10
Starting up Design Center		10
Starting up Font Creator		11
Starting up Programmable Stitch Creator		11
Starting up Design Database		12
Exiting the Application		12
Understanding Windows and Using
Tools		13
Layout & Editing Window		13
Design Center Window		14
Font Creator Window		15
Programmable Stitch Creator Window		16
Design Database Window		17
Tutorial		18
Automatically Converting an Image to an
Embroidery Design (Auto Punch Function)		18
Step1	Importing image data into Layout
	& Editing	18
Step2	Automatically converting the image
	to an embroidery pattern	19
Step3	Displaying a preview of
	the embroidery	20
Step4	Saving the embroidery design	20

Step5	Transferring the design to
	an original card	21
Automatically Converting an Image to an
Embroidery Design (Cross Stitch Function) ....		22
Step1	Importing image data into Layout
	& Editing	22
Step2	Automatically converting the image
	to an embroidery pattern
	(Cross Stitch function)	23
Step3	Displaying a preview of
	the embroidery	24
Step4	Saving the embroidery design	25
Step5	Transferring the design to
	an original card	25
Automatically Converting a Photo to an
Embroidery Pattern (Photo Stitch Function)....		27
Step1	Importing photo data into
	Layout & Editing	27
Step2	Automatically converting the image
	to an embroidery pattern	28
Step3	Displaying a preview of
	the embroidery	30
Step4	Saving the embroidery design	31
Step5	Transferring the design to an
	original card	31
Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns
From Images (Design Center)		33
Step1	Opening an image file
	(Original Image Stage)	33
Step2	Extracting the outlines by selecting
	colors	34
Step3	Editing the outlines
	(Line Image Stage)	35
Step4	Specifying sewing attributes
	(Sew Setting Stage)	38
Step5	Displaying a preview of
	the embroidery	41
Step6	Saving the embroidery pattern	42
Step7	Transferring the design to
	an original card	42
Arranging Embroidery Patterns
(Layout & Editing)		45
Step1	Importing an embroidery pattern
	from Design Center	46
Step2	Adding text	47
Step3	Drawing shapes	51
Step4	Displaying a preview of
	the embroidery	58
Step5	Saving the embroidery design	59
Step6	Transferring the design to
	an original card	59

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