Moving Segments; Moving Segments Manually; Moving Segments Using Power Edit - ELNA XPRESSIVE 2 User Manual

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To copy and paste:
1 In the Edit toolbar, click the Select
tool or the Lasso Select
2
Select the segment.
For more information, see "Selecting
Segments".
3
Press Ctrl+E on your keyboard and select
Copy to Clipboard from the shortcut
menu.
The segment is placed on the Clipboard.
4
Press Ctrl+E on your keyboard again and
select Paste from Clipboard from the
shortcut menu.
The segment is pasted on top of your
current segment.
5
Click and drag the segment you pasted to
any location.

Moving segments

In Outline Mode, you can use numerous
methods to move segments in your designs.
When modifying outline segments and doing
significant design editing in Xpressive, you
should know how to avoid possibly losing
your stitch edits. For more information on
editing outline segments, see "Editing
Segments".
Moving segments
manually
You can move segments around your design
tool.
by dragging them to another location.
To move a segment or a copy of a
segment manually:
1
In the Edit toolbar, click the Select
tool or the Lasso Select
2
Select the segment.
For more information, see "Selecting
Segments".
3
Click and drag the segment to its new
location.
As you drag, the status line displays the
horizontal (X) and vertical (Y) distance.
Moving segments using
Power Edit
You can move, resize, rotate, stretch, mirror,
or skew segments in one step. Power Edit
applies round beads and a selection box to
the segment. Each round bead allows you to
perform various movements.
You can turn on Snap to Grid (Shift+3) to
make sure that segments are aligned
along the grid lines when you move
them. Press Shift+3 on your keyboard to
turn off Snap to Grid.
You can show and hide grid lines by
clicking the Show Grid
tool.
tool.

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