Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- PE-DESIGN8 Instruction Manual
- Turn Any Design Into Original Embroidery With PE-DESIGN
- What You Can Do With PE-DESIGN
- Sew Types
- Basic Operation Map
- New Features of Version 8
- Table of Contents
- How To Use Manuals
- Support/Service
- Tutorial
- Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
- Layout & Editing Window
- Opening/Importing Embroidery Designs
- Checking Embroidery Patterns
- Editing Embroidery Designs
- Reshaping Embroidery Patterns
- Editing a Stitch Pattern
- Specifying the Design Page Size and Color
- Changing Application Settings
- Drawing Shapes
- Manually Creating Professional-Level Embroidery Patterns (Manual Punching)
- Adding Text
- Entering Monograms
- Applying Sewing Attributes to Lines and Regions
- Editing Regions
- Checking and Editing the Sewing Order/ Lock
- Importing Image Data
- Changing the Image Settings
- Automatically Converting an Image to an Embroidery Pattern (Image to Stitch Wizard)
- Saving and Printing
- Basic Design Center Operations
- Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center)
- About the Instruction Manual (PDF Format)
- Tutorial (Advanced)
- Managing Embroidery Design Files (Design Database)
- Design Database Window
- Starting Up Design Database
- Checking Embroidery Designs
- Opening Embroidery Designs
- Organizing Embroidery Designs
- Searching for an Embroidery Design
- Converting Embroidery Design Files to Different Formats
- Writing Embroidery Design Files to an Original Card
- Outputting a Catalog of Embroidery Designs
- Basic Programmable Stitch Creator Operations
- Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator)
- Opening a Pattern File
- Creating a New Pattern
- Viewing the Pattern While Creating It
- Creating a Pattern in Fill/Stamp Mode
- Editing a Pattern in Fill/Stamp Mode
- Creating Embossing/Engraving Effects in Fill/Stamp Mode
- Creating a Pattern in Motif Mode
- Editing a Pattern in Motif Mode
- Saving Patterns
- Changing the Settings
- Basic Font Creator Operations
- Creating Custom Fonts (Font Creator)
- Tips and Techniques
- Menus/Tools
- Troubleshooting
- Index
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Support/Service
Contact Technical Support if you have a problem. Please check the company web site (http://
www.brother.com/) to find the technical Support in your area. To view the FAQ and information for software
updates, visit the Brother Solutions Center at (http://solutions.brother.com/).
Online Registration
If you wish to be contacted about upgrades and provided with important information such as future product
developments and improvements, you can register your product online by following a simple registration
procedure.
Click Online Registration on the Help menu of Layout & Editing to start up the installed Web browser and
open the online registration page on our Web site.
The online registration page on the Web site appears when the following address is entered in the Address
bar of the Web browser.
http://www.brother.com/registration/
Checking for the Latest Version of the
Program
Click Help in Layout & Editing, then Check for updates.
The software is checked to determine whether or not it is the latest version.
If the message shown below appears, the latest version of the software is being used.
If the message shown below appears, the latest version of the software is not being used. Click Yes, and then
download the latest version of the software from the Web site.
a Note:
• On the above website, first select your country and next choose product.
• Have the information ready before contacting Technical Support.
• Make sure your computer's operating system is current with all updates.
• Have the make and model of your computer and Windows
®
Operating System. (Refer to the
Installation Guide for system requirements.)
• Information on error messages that appear. This information will help expedite your questions
more quickly.
b Memo:
Online registration may not be available in some areas.
b Memo:
If the
Always check for most recent version
at startup
check box is selected, the software
is checked at startup to determine whether or
not it is the latest version.