Opening Designs Using The Library Feature - ELNA XPRESSIVE 2 User Manual

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selecting the files you want to open. To
open all files, select any file and press
Ctrl+A on your keyboard.
4 In the Files of type list, select a design file
type for the design you want to open.
5 If desired, do one or more of the following
optional steps:
Select Open as read-only to open the
design as read-only. Design editing is
restricted and "View Only" will be
displayed in the design window's title
bar.
Select Information to view the
design's name, stitch count, size, and
color.
Select Icon preview to view a
thumbnail (a small representation) of
the design.
Click Icons to view all the designs in
the Designs folder. To open designs
directly from the Design Information
dialog that appears, double-click the
icon you want.
6 If you are opening stitch files, select one
of the following options from the list:
Convert stitches to outlines
Open as stitch segments
7 Click Open.
To close a design:
• Choose File—Close.
When closing design files, other than
*.esx files, that have not been saved, you
will be prompted to save these files as
*.esx design files and preserve all recent
design edits.
Tips
• To open a file you have recently worked
on, choose File and then choose the
design file from the list.
• To limit the number of displayed designs
in the Open Design dialog, you can enter
the first letter of the design name,
followed by an asterisk (*) and the file
extension. For example, if you have an
Embroidery design file named Cats, enter
C*.esx in the File Name box and press
on your keyboard. You see a list of
ENTER
all the designs starting with C.
Opening designs
using the Library
feature
Xpressive allows you to open designs using
the Library feature. With the Library feature
you can organize your designs into
categories such as Sports, Animals,
Holidays, and so on.
To open designs with the Library
feature:
1 Do one of the following:
Choose Tools—Library.
From the Edit toolbar, click the Library
tool.
The Library window opens. In this window,
you can view the different design
categories and view the designs found in
each folder.