The computer has decided how to fill the block with the pattern you
selected.

The initial Scale and Rotation data show how the computer changed the 
pattern from its original size and rotation.

You can change this in a number of ways. The pattern that has just
been fitted into a block is red. This is the pattern you can modify. The
block is also shown in red.

If the computer is mounted on the machine, the actual position of the
needle is shown with green crosshairs. You can see where the patterns
fit on the quilt by moving the crosshairs around the pattern on the 
screen and see where the needle moves on the quilt. This way you can 
match your editing with the dimensions of the actual quilt. 

For example, if you want to change the width of a pattern to extend to 
the edge of the quilt, move the needle over the edge and change the 
width until the pattern touches the green crosshair line.

The actual size of the pattern when it is stitched is shown in inches next
to width and height.  The fractions of an inch are shown as decimals.
Half an inch is .50,  quarter of an inch is .25, three fourths of an inch is
.75.

Touch ZOOM OFF to turn the Zoom feature on. A column of zoom mode 
buttons will appear: TRUE SIZE, ZOOM IN, ZOOM OUT, ZOOM FULL, 
PAN and ZOOM LOCK.
Select TRUE SIZE and touch any part of the image to show the true size
of the pattern. The point where you touched the image becomes the new
center of the screen. You can "pan" the true size image by touching the
screen at the edges, which will re-center the image.
Select ZOOM IN and touch any part of the image to increase its size so
you can see the pattern more clearly.
Select ZOOM OUT and touch the image to decrease the size of the 
image.
Select ZOOM FULL and touch the image to return to a view of the whole
quilt.
Select PAN to move the enlarged image. Touch the screen and drag your
finger or stylus to move the image.
Select ZOOM LOCK to hold the zoomed image when you change to 
another page. It will not be held when moving to some pages, such as 
smooth.  
When this option is selected a small image of a lock will appear on 
the zoom on/off button.

The extent of the zoom is controlled by the second button from the left.
You can set the zooming steps to 150%, 200% or 500%.

Zoom In or Out can be fine tuned by holding the stylus on the screen and
sweeping it up or down. 

Use GRID to help you position the pattern more precisely. You can
choose three different grids, a one inch, a half inch and a quarter inch.
The grid will appear in black. When you touch SNAP ON, the grid will
appear green. You can then move the pattern precisely on the grid by
touching one of its snap points. The snap point of the pattern will snap
onto the grid moving the image in one inch, half inch or quarter inch
increments depending on which grid you've selected.

Touch MEAS.OFF to turn on the measuring feature.  Use your stylus to 
move the purple crosshairs to each end of the distance you want to 
measure.   
Alternatively, touch the button with image of needle and move your 
machine over the quilt to measure a distance in any direction.
The length of the line between the two points is shown in inches on 
the screen.  
Touch MEAS.ON to turn off this tool.

It is possible to make the pattern extend beyond the edges of the block.
The block is shown only as a guide for designing, the computer cannot
see the block on the quilt. It will stitch the complete pattern. It will not
stop at the edges of a block if the pattern extends out beyond them.

<b>Width
Touch this button if you want to make the pattern wider. You can do this
in two ways, either by touching the image with your finger or stylus and
dragging the pattern, or by touching the plus and minus buttons.

<b>Height
Touch this button if you want to make the pattern taller. You can do this
by using your finger or stylus to drag the image, or by touching the plus
and minus buttons.

<b>Rotation
Touch this button to turn the pattern around its central pivot point. The
number of degrees you turn the pattern is recorded. This is helpful if you
need to rotate the image by an exact amount. You rotate the pattern
either by touching the screen and dragging the image, or by using the
rotate buttons at the right hand side under the image. A separate button
is provided for setting the rotation steps. Subsequent touches of this
button will set 1, 5, 30, 45, 72 (for pentagons or five point stars) and
90 degree steps. The pattern will be rotated with the set angle when the
rotate buttons are pushed. Note that the resolution of the rotation by
dragging is always one degree.

<b>Scale
Touch this button if you want to increase or decrease the size of the
whole pattern. The change in size is shown as a percentage so if you
double the size, it will show 200% and if you half the size, it will show
50%. You can scale the pattern by touching and dragging the image or
by using the plus and minus buttons.

<b>Flip X
Touch this button if you want to flip the pattern horizontally. It will flip
when you touch the button.

<b>Flip Y
Touch this button if you want to flip the pattern vertically.  It will flip 
when you touch the button.

<b>Move
Touch this button if you want to move the whole pattern within the block.
When you select move, green snap points will appear on both the block
and the pattern it contains. Move the pattern by dragging the image with
your finger or the stylus or by using the directional arrows under the
image. You can move the image in all directions.

If the tablet is mounted on the quilting machine, a button with a needle
symbol is shown. Touching this button will allow you to drag the pattern
with the needle. You can grab the pattern by snapping the cursor to any 
of its snap points. To release the pattern touch the needle button again. 

<b>Start/End
This button works differently on open and closed patterns.

On open patterns, touching this button will swap the start and end points,
actually reversing the stitching direction.

On closed patterns, which have their start and end points within 0.01"
distance, touching this button will reverse the stitching direction, AND
allow you to move the start/end points to a different location in the 
pattern. Touch the start/end points and drag them to the position ypu
desire. Repeated touches of this button will toggle the stitching
direction, as shown by the small arrow.

NOTE: if the Start/End button does not allow changing the start/end point 
location on a closed-looking pattern, it is because the start and end 
points are farther than 0.01". To solve this problem you will need to add
a small line to the pattern that connects the two points.


<b>Stretch
Touch this button if you want to stretch the pattern from a point. When 
you select stretch, snap points will appear on the pattern. Choose  one 
to be the fixed or anchor point and touch it. Now touch another snap 
point and drag the pattern ­ it will stretch away from or towards the 
anchor point.

This allows you to alter a pattern slightly so that it fits a block. For
example, if you attach one snap point on the pattern to a snap point on 
the block, you can then use that anchor point to stretch the pattern so 
that another snap point will match up with another point on the block.

<b>Select
This button provides a shortcut to selecting another pattern to modify.

<b>Update
Touch this button when you have altered your pattern and want the
computer to remember this modified pattern.  When you touch [Update],
the computer will forget the original pattern and only remember the new
one.  It will use this one as a base pattern to modify.  After update, the
scale will be reset to 100% and rotation will be reset to 0 degree.

<b>Undo
Touch this button when you want to erase the last thing you did. You
cannot undo update.

<b>Finished
Touch this button when you are satisfied with your pattern modification.

Touch the            button to go to the advanced editing functions.
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