Brother PE-Design 8.0 Instruction Manual page 50

Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
Opening a Layout & Editing
file
An embroidery design that has previously been
saved as a Layout & Editing file (.pes file) can be
opened.
Toolbar button:
1.
Click , or click File, then Open.
2.
Select the drive and the folder.
• If the Preview check box is selected, the
contents of the selected file will appear in
the Preview box.
b
Memo:
• To view the data in the selected folder as
thumbnails in the Browse dialog box, click
Browse.
To see a more detailed design, select a file,
and then click Preview.
• To open the displayed file, click Open.
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a
Note:
• If no files are listed, there are no .pes files
in the selected folder. Select a folder
containing a .pes file.
• If the selected file is in a format other than
the .pes format, the message
"Unexpected file format" appears in the
Preview box.
3.
To open a file, select it, and then click Open,
or double-click the file's icon.
→ The contents of the selected file appear in
the Design Page.
b
Memo:
A file can be opened in any of the following
ways.
• Display the embroidery design file in
Windows Explorer, and then drag the
file into the Layout & Editing window.
• Display the embroidery design file in
Windows Explorer, and then double-
click the file.
Importing embroidery
designs
Toolbar button:
1.
Click , or click File, then Import.
2.
Select the category from the drop down menu
then select the view mode.
1 2 3
1 Design Library view mode
2 Folder view mode
3 Card view mode