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4.  Open the selection menu and select design 
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wheel center icon when the touch function - 
move is active.
5. Open Basic Shape Creator™ feature. Select 
the clockwise circle in the list (A). Touch Enter 
number of designs (B) to open the keypad, enter 
16 and touch OK. Select the touch function - 
scale. Either touch and drag on the screen, or 
use the arrows in the wheel to decrease the size 
to 55x55mm. The size is indicated just above the 
wheel. 
6.  Touch Select side positioning (D), select the 
third option in the popup and touch OK. 
7. Close Basic Shape Creator™ feature by touching 
OK (C). Toggle to Embroidery stitch-out to 
embroider the design. 
						

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1.  In embroidery mode, select hoop size 360x200 
and open the selection menu. Open stitches and 
select the linen buttonhole 1.3.1. 
  Note: If you want to change the length, width or     
  density of the buttonhole, use the embroidery stitch    
  editor. Read more on page 8:18.
2. Open Basic Shape Creator™ feature. Select 
the straight line from the list (A). Select touch 
function - rotate, and then touch the wheel 
center one time to rotate the baseline 90 degrees. 
						

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3.  Select touch function - scale, and adjust the line 
to desired length by touching and dragging on 
screen or using the arrows in the wheel.
  Touch Enter number of designs to open the 
keypad and enter the desired number of 
buttonholes. Touch Select side positioning and 
select the fourth option in the pop-up to stitch 
out the buttonholes vertically.
4. Close Basic Shape Creator™ feature and toggle 
to Embroidery stitch-out to embroider the 
buttonholes. 
						

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Sequences and stitches can be adjusted in 
Embroidery stitch editor. You can also adjust 
your own created sequence or stitch, loaded to 
Embroidery edit (see chapter 5 and 6).
Note: When a stitch or a sequence is loaded into 
Embroidery edit, tie-offs are automatically inserted 
at the beginning and at the end. The tie-offs are 
only visible when you open the stitch or sequence in 
sequencing.
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Open Embroidery stitch editor to adjust the 
stitches. The adjustments will affect the stitch 
just like they do in sewing mode. If more 
than one sequence is inserted, you can toggle 
between them using the arrows (A).
Use the + and - icons to increase or decrease 
the stitch width (C) and stitch length (D).
Density (E) can be changed if satin stitches are 
inserted.
When mirroring (B), the stitch will be mirrored 
within its own area. It will not affect the 
position of the stitch like when mirroring is 
used in Embroidery edit.
You can also use the touch functions to 
make adjustments. The selected stitch will be 
affected as if it was a design.
Note: If you make adjustments to a sequence or 
stitch in Embroidery stitch editor, you can still use 
sequencing or Stitch Creator
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When returning to Embroidery edit, the sequence or 
stitch will be replaced by the adjusted one.Decrease length of the 
selected stitch Decrease width of the 
selected stitch
Mirroring the selected 
stitch end to end Mirroring the selected 
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1.  Enter Embroidery edit. 
2.  To create a sequence, open sequencing by 
touching the icon on the option bar (27). 
Select stitch number 4.3.20, then 4.3.15, 
4.2.1, 4.3.15. Mirror the last inserted stitch 
end to end. Insert stitch 4.3.19, 4.3.15, 
4.2.1, 4.3.15. Mirror the last inserted stitch 
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3.  Close sequencing by touching OK in the 
top right corner. The sequence is loaded 
to Embroidery edit.  
						

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4.  Deselect the sequence by touching outside 
the design on the screen, or step by using the 
arrows.
5.  Open sequencing once again. Select stitch 
number 4.1.7.
6.  Long touch the duplicate icon. In the pop-up 
that appears, enter 7 and touch OK for a total of 
eight copies. 
7.  Close sequencing to load the second sequence 
to Embroidery edit.
8.  Touch the wheel center icon when move is 
selected, to move the new sequence to the 
center of the hoop. Move 9 mm to the right.
9.  Open Embroidery stitch editor (26).
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Embroidery text editor opens automatically 
when you select an embroidery font in the 
selection menu.
You can also open embroidery text editor 
by adjusting an existing text already in 
Embroidery edit. Just select the text and touch 
the sequencing icon (27) on the option bar. 
Note: If the text is created of stitch fonts, 
sequencing will be opened instead of embroidery 
text editor.
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Use the stylus and touch the letters you want 
to add to the text. The text is shown in the 
text area (A) with the cursor at the active 
letter. Use the arrows (B) to step forward and 
backward. 
You can change the font and the size of the 
text by touching the change font icon (D). A 
preview of the selected font is shown in the 
preview area (E).
Add a letter into a text
Use the arrows (B) to move the cursor to 
where you want to add a letter. Touch the 
letter and it will be inserted at the cursor 
position. 
Delete a letter
To delete one letter, place the cursor after the 
letter to be deleted. Touch the delete icon (C). 
If you want to delete all the text you have 
written, long touch the delete icon. A pop-up 
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You can change the font and size of the text 
by touching the change font icon (D). The 
change font pop-up will show all available 
embroidery fonts. You can select different 
sizes for each font.
When changing the font, all inserted letters 
in the embroidery font editor window will 
change to the new font.
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Return to Embroidery edit by touching OK in the 
top right corner of the screen. Embroidery text 
editor will close and the text will be loaded into 
Embroidery edit. If the text was an existing text, 
it will be placed and rotated in the same way as it 
was before the adjustment.  
						

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disk space to save current state
This pop-up appears when going to Embroidery 
stitch-out and the available memory in the machine 
is low. Because of low memory you might not be 
able to save current state while embroidering. To 
clear some memory before starting to embroider, 

to Embroidery Edit and use Files & Folders to delete 
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The design combination you are trying to 
make contains too many stitches. Your design 
combination can have up to approximately 500.000 
stitches. 
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This pop-up appears for one of the following 
reasons:
•  The design combination contains too many 
color blocks.
•  There are too many designs in the combination.