Moving Guidelines; Changing The Ruler Origin; Defining Ruler Units - ELNA XPRESSIVE 2 User Manual

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Moving guidelines

You can use ruler guidelines to help you
precisely align text and segments in your
embroidery designs. Guidelines are straight
horizontal or vertical lines that you drag from
the rulers into your design. These guidelines
are easy to make and they are useful for
setting alignment lines across the length or
width of the design workspace.
To move existing guidelines:
1 Position the pointer on the guideline you
want to move.
2 Press Ctrl+Shift on your keyboard while
clicking and dragging your pointer to the
appropriate area of your design
workspace.
3 Release the mouse button when you
reach the desired position for your
guideline.
The guideline is placed.

Changing the ruler origin

The ruler origin is the point where the
horizontal and vertical axes meet at zero on
the rulers. When you change the ruler
setting, the new setting becomes the default
for any existing or new design you open.
Changing the origin is also useful for
realigning the grid to your design.
To change the ruler origin:
1 Move the pointer to the lower left corner
of the rulers, where the rulers intersect.
2 Click the intersection, hold down the
mouse button and drag the ruler to the
location you want to place the origin.
As you drag, a large cross hair appears so
you can place the cross hair exactly where
you want it.
3 Let go of your mouse when the center of
the cross hair is where you want the
origin (0 point) to appear.

Defining ruler units

Large numbered rulers indicate the
measurement unit, such as inches or
centimeters. The small ticks indicate the
increments of the units such as ¼ inch. When
you magnify or reduce the view, the
increments of the unit measure adjust to
reflect the changes. In addition, if you change
the grid settings, the rulers change to fit the
measurements you set. The default for the
ruler measurement is inches.
The rulers change to fit the
measurements you set in the next
window you open.
To set the ruler units:
1 Choose Tools—Configuration—User
Settings.
2 Click the User Preferences property page.
3 Select Metric or Imperial.
4 Click OK.