Brother PE-DESIGN V7 instruction manual Saving Stitch Patterns, Click Save to save the pattern

Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator)

Saving Stitch Patterns

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Overwriting

Once the stitch pattern 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 pattern 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.

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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 pattern. The files are saved as.pas files in Fill/Stamp mode, and as .pmf files in Motif mode.

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.

b Memo:

The correct extension is automatically selected.

Click Save to save the pattern.

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.

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a Note:

Stamp files cannot be used with versions of the software earlier than version 6, but .pas files created with an earlier version can be used as a base to create stamp files.

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