Selecting Characters - Brother PE-DESIGN V7 Instruction Manual

Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
2.
Click Text, then Edit Letters.
→ The Edit Text Letters dialog box
appears.
a
Note:
You cannot edit more than one text pattern
at a time. If you select more than one text
pattern, this menu command is not available.
3.
The selected text is displayed in the text field.
4.
Edit the text as needed.
b
Memo:
• Press the
text.
• You can also enter a character by selecting
it in the character table, then clicking Insert,
or simply by double-clicking it. This is
particularly useful if you have to enter
accented characters that are not available
on your keyboard.
• An enlarged image of the character appears
below the pointer when it is moved over a
character in the character table, providing a
better view of the character.
5.
Click OK.
→ The edited text is displayed in the Design
Page.
b
Memo:
• To close the dialog box without applying the
changes, click Cancel.
• If text converted from a TrueType font is
selected, the characters table displayed is
for the font of the first letter in the text.
131
key to enter a new line of
Enter
a
Note:
If you entered a character that is not
available for the selected font, an error
message appears. Click OK to close the
message and return to the Edit Text Letters
dialog box, where you can correct the text.
c
"Entering Text" on page 127

Selecting characters

1.
Click on the Tool Box.
→ Two buttons appear:
2.
Click .
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→ The shape of the pointer changes to
3.
Click the text that you want to edit.
→ The points in the text appear as small
empty squares.
4.
To select a single character, click the point for
the character that you want to select.
To select multiple characters, hold down the
Ctrl
key and click each point for the other
characters, or drag the pointer over the points
of characters that you want to select.
→ The points for the selected characters
appear as a small black squares.
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