Saving; Overwriting; Saving With A New Name - Brother PE-Design 6.0 Instruction Manual

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Programmable Stitch Creator

Saving

Overwriting

Once the stitch pattern has been saved, changes
can easily be saved so that the latest version can be
retrieved later.
Toolbar button:
1.
Click , or click File, then Save.
→ If the pattern has already been saved at
least once, the file is saved immediately.
→ If no file name has been specified or if the
file cannot be found, the Save As dialog
box appears.
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Saving with a new name

The current file can be saved with a different file
name in order to keep the original unchanged or to
keep various versions of the same image or pattern.
The files are saved as.pas files in Fill/Stamp mode,
and as .pmf files in Motif mode.
1.
Click File, then Save As.
→ A Save As dialog box similar to the one
shown below appears.
2.
Select the drive and the folder, and then type
in the file name.
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Memo:
The correct extension is automatically
selected.
3.
Click Save to save the pattern.
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Memo:
• To quit the operation, click Cancel.
• If a file already exists with the name
specified in the Save As dialog box, the
following message appears.
• To overwrite the file, click Yes.
• If you do not want to overwrite the
existing file, click No. You can then
enter a different file name.
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"Overwriting" on this page
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Note:
Stamp files cannot be used with versions of
the software earlier than version 6, but .pas
files created with an earlier version can be
used as a base to create stamp files.
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