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By cutting, copying and pasting, shapes from existing designs or from the many designs available in the “Sam-
ple” folder can be reused.
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Copying or cutting design shapes
To copy a design shape or cut a shape out of the design:
1
Using the
Move
tool (
), select the design shape that you wish to copy or cut. “Dancing ants” (moving
dashes) appear around the shape.
2
Do one of the following:
◆
To copy the design shape, click
Copy
on the
Edit
drop-down menu. A copy of the design shape is put on
the Windows clipboard.
NOTE: The design shape can also be copied by clicking the
Copy
button (
) in the
Ribbon
bar.
◆
To cut the shape out of the design, click
Cut
on the
Edit
drop-down menu. The shape is removed from
the design and put on the Windows clipboard.
NOTE: The design shape can also be cut out by clicking the
Cut
button (
) in the
Ribbon
bar.
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Pasting design shapes
To paste a design shape into a design:
1
Open the design into which you wish to paste the design shape.
2
On the
Edit
drop-down menu, click
Paste
. The shape is placed in the center of the design area and added
to the end of the sewing sequence.
NOTE: To paste the shape into a specific place in the sewing order, click
Paste Before
or
Paste After
in the
Edit
drop-down menu. For more information, see chapter 30.
The design shape can also be pasted by clicking the
Paste
button (
) in the
Ribbon
bar.
To copy a design shape and paste it into the same design, select the design shape using the
Move
tool (
), and then click
Duplicate
on the
Edit
drop-down menu.
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Example
To create a new design from two sample designs (from the “Sample” folder):
1
On the
File
drop-down menu, click
New
. The
Design Info
dialog box appears.
2
Specify the desired settings for the new file.
3
Click the
OK
button. A new blank design area appears.
4
On the
File
drop-down menu, click
Open
. The
Open
dialog box appears.
5
Click the
Thumbnails
button. The
Thumbnails
dialog box appears.
6
Click the
Browse
button. The
Browse for Folder
dialog box appears.
7
Select the “Sample” folder in the “BES” folder, and then click the
OK
button. Thumbnails of all files in the
“Sample” folder appear in the
Designs
box of the
Thumbnails
dialog box.
8
Click the “Redwagon” file, and then hold down the Ctrl key and click the “Rundog” file.
9
Click the
Open
button. Both files are opened; however, they cannot both be seen at the same time.
0
On the
Window
drop-down menu, click
Tile
. The two opened sample files and the new file can all be seen at
the same time.
A
Click the title bar of the “Rundog” file, and then click
Fit to Window
on the
Zoom
drop-down menu to display
the entire design.
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