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MacBroidery™
Embroidery Lettering Software
for Mac
Instruction Manual

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Copyright
© Copyright 2012 Pulse Microsystems Ltd. All rights reserved.
This instruction manual and software are copyrighted by the
developer of the software, Pulse Microsystems Ltd. All rights
reserved. US Patent Nos. 5 270 939; 5 343 401; 5 430 658; 5 506
784; 5 510 994; 5 541 847; 5 668 730; 5 771 173; 5 809 921; 6 196
146; 6 216 618; 6 390 005; 6 968 255. European Patent Nos.
0545773. Other patents pending.
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creation of embroidery patterns without permission is illegal and may
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Table of Contents
Learning about the Workspace...........................................3
Parts of the Workspace ...................................................................4
Templates Window ...................................................................5
Toolbar Buttons ........................................................................6
Customizing the Toolbar...........................................................7
Tabs.................................................................................................8
Properties Tab ..........................................................................8
Edit Tab ..................................................................................10
Garments Tab......................................................................... 11
Object List ..............................................................................12
Redraw Bar ............................................................................13
Workspace Viewing tools...............................................................14
Pan Tool .................................................................................14
Zoom Tool...............................................................................14
Fit to Screen...........................................................................14
View Actual Size.....................................................................15
Grid Tool.................................................................................15
View in 3D ..............................................................................15
Garment Preview....................................................................15
Printing a Design....................................................................15
Status Line..............................................................................16
Preferences ...................................................................................17
Recipe Setting........................................................................18
Machine Format Setting.........................................................19
Selecting the Hoop.................................................................19
Creating a Custom Hoop........................................................20
Units of Measurement ............................................................21
Background Settings .....................................................................22
Changing the Background Color ............................................22
Changing the Background to a Fabric Sample.......................23
Creating your own Background from a Scanned
Image .....................................................................................24
Grid Settings..................................................................................25

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Creating and Editing New Designs...................................27
Creating New Designs...................................................................28
Creating a Design from a Template........................................28
Opening from a File................................................................30
Saving Designs..............................................................................30
Text and Design Tools on the Toolbar............................................32
Add New Text .........................................................................32
Adding Embroidery Designs...................................................33
Properties Tab - an Overview ........................................................36
Properties of Text Segments..........................................................37
Envelope Shapes ...................................................................37
Font ........................................................................................38
Available Characters ..............................................................38
Height.....................................................................................39
Text Spacing...........................................................................39
Sewing Order .........................................................................39
Choosing a Fill Pattern...........................................................39
Density Setting .......................................................................40
Adding Slant to Text ...............................................................40
Pull Compensation .................................................................41
Drop Caps ..............................................................................41
Color Change .........................................................................42
Kerning Text Segments ..........................................................43
Adding Color Changes within Text Segments ........................44
Changing a Design.................................................................46
Functions of the Edit Tab...............................................................47
Align Tools..............................................................................47
Resizing in the Edit Tab..........................................................48
Edit and Arrange Tools...........................................................49
Index....................................................................................51

Before you start using the MacBroidery™ Embroidery Lettering
Software, we recommend that you learn the basic arrangement of
the design workspace.
This section covers:
• The different parts of the workspace environment.
• An introduction to the functions each of the tabs, and what tools
each one features.
• Setting design preferences.
• Configuring the toolbars.
CHAPTER 1:
Learning about the Workspace

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Parts of the Workspace
The MacBroidery™ Embroidery Lettering Software workspace
contains a number of different areas which have distinct functions.
The sections that follow give an overview of what each of these areas
does, and the kinds of information about the design that they contain.
There is also a guide to each of the tools in the toolbar, explaining the
basic function of each; for more specific details on these tools,
however, please refer to the next chapter, “Creating and Editing New
Designs.”
The MacBroidery™ Embroidery Lettering Software workspace
For information on customer support and software updates, please
see “Updating your Software” in the Installation Guide.
Please be sure to register the software with Brother support;
registration ensures that you will receive notification about software
updates. For more information, see “Registering the Software” in the
Installation Guide.

Learning about the Workspace 5
Templates Window
Use the templates to set up new designs. Templates are displayed in a
separate window each time you open MacBroidery™ Embroidery
Lettering Software; you can also open this window by selecting the
New design button.
The templates window
The templates contain a generic text string or strings, plus (depending
on the specific template) a placeholder design. There is a wide variety
of different arrangements of templates that can be selected to base the
design on. For more information on modifying the text or other
elements of a template, please refer to the “Design Editing” section of
this manual.

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Toolbar Buttons
The MacBroidery™ Embroidery Lettering Software toolbar is located
at the top of the design window. It contains a number of useful tools
that apply to the workspace as a whole.
Tool What it does
New: Click New to open the template dialog design in the
workspace.
Open Design: Displays an “Open” dialog box, which allows to open
a new design.
Save: Saves a the current design to disk
Reset Template: If you load a Template into the workspace and
modify it, this button will restore it to its original configuration.
Add new text: Automatically places a new, default text segment
into the current design. Change the content, font, and other
properties of this text using the settings on the Properties tab.
Add Design: Use to add pre-existing design (e.g. Accents,
Borders, or appliqués) or browse for embroidery files to add to the
current design.
Select: Selects objects in the design window.
Zoom: Used to increase and decrease the scale of the design in
the workspace.
Pan: Allows you to move the design around in the workspace.
Fit to Screen: Scales the current design, up or down, so that it
completely fills the design window.
Actual Size: Zooms the design preview to show the design in its
real linear dimensions.
3D: Displays a three-dimensional preview of the stitches.
Show Grid: Shows and hides the gridlines in the workspace.

Learning about the Workspace 7
Customizing the Toolbar
In MacBroidery™ Embroidery Lettering Software, you can customize
the toolbars to contain the tools that you use most often. To open the
Customize panel, select View—Customize from the Menu bar. This will
open a panel with all the tool icons and toolbars displayed on it. Drag
individual tools from the Customize panel onto the toolbar to add them;
or, to remove tools (or groups of tools) from the toolbar, click and drag
them onto the Customize panel.
The Customize panel has another option, allowing you to choose to
display the toolbar icons either as small or large icons; you can also
choose to display the tool icons with the name attached, with no name,
or the name only.
Rulers: Shows and hides the rulers along the top and side of the
workspace window.
Display hoop: Shows an image of the selected hoop in your design
workspace.
Show Garment: Shows and hides a graphic representation of the
garment in the current setup in the workspace.
Background: Open the background tool, which adds a color or
fabric background to the design workspace.
Object list: Toggles the Object list on and off.
Preferences: Opens the preference dialog.
Print: Creates a printable image of the current design, including a
preview of the thread colors used, and the number of stitches.
Choosing large orsmall icons only applies to those tools which appear
individuallyin the Customizedialog, with a name attached, e.g. Select,
3D, Preferences, etc.
Tool What it does

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Tabs
The tabs are found on the left side of the workspace. In the tabs, you
will find tools and settings for setting up, editing, and transforming
design objects (lettering and designs). The sections that follow present
a general view of the functions of each tab.
Properties Tab
The Properties tab displays the properties of the currently selected
object. The tab will display different properties depending on whether
the selected object is a design or a text segment. If an embroidery
design object is selected, you can use the “Change” button to swap
out this design object, and put another in the same place.
If the selection is a text object the Properties tab shows a number of
different properties of the text itself - such as its font, color, letter
height, slant, pull-compensation, and so on. You can use the fields to
make changes to these properties; the effect of your changes will be
displayed in the workspace when you click the Apply button.