Moving Punchpoints; Deleting Punchpoints - Brother BES-100E Workbook

Moving punchpoints

To move the selected punchpoints:
1
Select the punchpoint to be moved, as explained above.
2
Move the pointer over the selected (light blue) punchpoints. The pointer changes to small crosshairs (
3
Drag the selected punchpoints to the desired location in the design area.
To move punchpoints with greater precision, select the punchpoint(s) using the
follow the instructions in the table below.
Purpose
To move selected punchpoints
horizontally or vertically
To move selected punchpoints in
grid increments
NOTE: If Num Lock is turned on, the number keys 2, 4, 6 and 8 of the numeric keypad allow you to "nudge"
(move in small amounts) punchpoints down, left, right and up, respectively.

Deleting punchpoints

To delete the selected punchpoints:
Press the Delete key. The selected punchpoints are removed.
NOTE: To delete the individual punchpoints in the outline of a character, the text shape must first be con-
verted to its various paths and regions. For more information, see chapter 18.
Figure 16
Click the punchpoint(s), and then, while holding down the Shift key,
drag the point(s).
Click the punchpoint that is to be the reference point, and then, while
holding down the Ctrl key, drag the point.
tool (
Reshape
Action
).
), and then
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