Brother ELS Lettering, Instruction Manual

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Editing Designs 77
Working with the Color Palette
In Pacesetter Embroidery Lettering Software, you can change
the color of any segment LetteringSegment in your design.
The color palette, which is located along the top edge of the
design space, shows you the thread colors that are available in
the thread chart that is currently selected.
Selecting a Thread Chart
Pacesetter Embroidery Lettering Software comes five thread
charts with aalready loaded. You are able choose from amongst
these charts by clicking on the Thread Chart button , which
is on the left end of the Color palette. Clicking this button will
display the whole list of thread charts as a drop-down list. Click
on the one that you want, and those thread colors will be loaded
into the color palette.
Changing a Thread Color
Pacesetter Embroidery Lettering Software allows you to adjust
the colors of the lettering you create, by using the Color Palette;
you do this by choosing thread objects in the Color palette.
To change the thread color of a Text item:
1 Select the text item in the workspace, using either the Select
tool or one of the text tools.
2 In the Color Palette, click the color box with the thread color
you want to use.
Note that the selection of new colors only applies to new
segments that you create within Pacesetter; you cannot change
the color of a segment if it has been imported into your design,
for example using the Merge Design feature.
If you hover over a color square on the Palette, the thread type
and number will show beside the mouse pointer.