Brother PE-DESIGN Ver.6 - Manual (Page 202)

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Layout & Editing
Saving and Printing
Saving
Overwriting
Once the image or 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 image or pattern has already been
saved at least once, the file is saved im-
mediately.
→ If no file name has been specified or if the
file cannot be found, the Save As dialog
box appears.
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 .pes files.
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.
3. Click Save to save the data.
b
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.
→ The new file name appears in the title bar
of the Layout & Editing window.
a
Note:
• If you select a file type of a previous
software version, saved .pes files can be
opened with that version of the software;
however, all saved data will be converted
to stitch data.
• Custom-sized Design Pages cannot be
saved in a software version prior to
version 6.
• Custom-sized Design Pages will be saved
in one file, but the stitch data is saved
separately for all hoop sizes.
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