Pfaff FILES AND FOLDERS User manual

Files & Folders

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Parts of the selection bar
1. Stitches
2. Fonts
3. Designs
4. Files & Folders
5. Quick help
Parts of Files & Folders
6. Load file
7. Close and return to previous view
8. Search path
9. Move up one folder level
10. List view
11. Selection area
12. Scroll bar
13. ”Personal files” folder
14. ”Personal fonts” folder
15. ”Personal designs” folder
16. External devices (only visible when a
device is connected)
17. Create new folder
18. Rename file or folder
19. Cut
20. Copy
21. Paste
22. Delete
23. File name of selected file
Files & Folders - overview
Files & Folders is used to organize, add, move,
remove and copy all your designs, fonts and stitch
files. Use either built-in memory or an external
device connected to your machine for storing.
While loading the files to the selection area a
default icon is shown in the meantime.
File formats
Your machine can load the following file formats:
• .SHV, .DHV, .VP3, .VIP, .HUS, .PEC, .PES,
.PCS, .XXX, .SEW, .JEF, .EXP, .10* and .DST
(embroidery files)
• .SPX (stitch files)
• .SFX (stitch font files)
• .VF3 (embroidery font files)
• .TXT and .HTM/HTML-files
Note: If the file type or file version is not supported by
your machine, or the file is damaged, it is shown in the
selection area as an unrecognized file.
Design file
Embroidery font file
Stitch file
Stitch font file
Text file
Sound file
Unrecognized file

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Available memory
The built-in memory can store designs, fonts,
stitches and other files. To check how much
memory is still available in the built-in memory,
touch Quick help (5) and then touch either
Personal files (13), Personal fonts (14) or Personal
designs (15). A pop-up shows how much memory
is available.
Browse Files & Folders
To open Files & Folders, open selection menu
from the task bar. Select Files & Folders (4) in the
selection bar at the bottom.
Within the built-in memory there are three folders:
Personal files (13), Personal fonts (14) and Personal
designs (15). You can also explore external devices
(16) connected to the USB-ports. The external
device folder icon (16) is only available when a
device is connected.
Touch any of these to display their contents in
the selection area. The path of the shown folder is
written in the search path field (8). Design files are
displayed as thumbnail images or with an icon.
List view (10)
Touch the list view icon (10) to show the files in the
current folder listed in alphabetical order. Each file,
file name and type will be displayed. Touch the list
view icon again to switch back to thumbnail view.
Personal files (13)
Fill Personal files (13) with designs, fonts, your
customized designs, stitch programs, text files or
any file that you want to store.
Arrange your Personal files so that you can find
your favorites easily.
Personal fonts (14)
Store embroidery font files and stitch font files in
Personal fonts (14). The fonts are shown both in
fonts (2) and in shortcut to Personal fonts (14). You
cannot create folders in the Personal fonts folder.

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Personal designs (15)
Store design files in Personal designs (15). You
cannot create folders in the Personal designs folder.
Designs that come with your machine are shown
both in designs (3) and in shortcut to Personal
designs (15).
External Device (16)
The external device icon is only active when a
device is connected to the USB port. Touch external
Device (16) to display all connected devices. You
can have your computer and another device such
as a PFAFF® USB embroidery stick connected
at the same time. Touch either of the devices to
explore.
USB
Embroidery
stick
Use to store files and/
or move files to and
from your computer
Computer
Load designs or other
files directly from your
computer. Store all file
types here
CD-drive Load or copy files
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Load a file
To load a file, touch load (6) or long touch the file.
It will be loaded to the appropriate window.
Open a folder
To open a folder in Files & Folders, long touch the
folder. The content of the folder will be displayed
in the center window.
Move up one folder level (9)
Use the move up one folder level icon to step up
through the levels of folders. You can step up all
the way to the root level. In the center window you
will see included files and folders for each level as
you step.
Folder structure (8)
Touch the area of the search path field (8) to open
a drop down window that shows the folder levels
down to the current folder. Work your way back
through the levels by touching a folder at another
level.
Also use this icon to switch between external
devices such as your computer or USB embroidery
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Organize
Create a new folder (17)
Touch the create new folder icon (17) to create a
new folder. A pop-up opens where you can enter a
name for your folder.
Rename a file or folder (18)
To change the name of a folder, touch the folder
then touch the rename icon. A pop-up opens where
you can enter the new name.
Move a file or folder
Use cut (19) and paste (21) to move a file or folder
to another place.
Select the file or folder, then touch cut. Open the
folder where you want to place the file or folder.
Touch paste. The file or folder is now stored here
and is removed from the folder where it was cut
from.
Copy a file or folder
Use copy (20) and paste (21) to copy a file or folder
to another place.
Select the file or folder, then touch copy. Open the
folder where you want to place the file or folder.
Touch paste. The file or folder is now stored here
and the original file or folder is also stored in the
folder where you copied it from.
Delete a file or folder (22)
To delete a file or folder, mark it and touch delete
(22). A pop-up asks you to confirm the deletion.
If a folder is deleted, all files within the folder are
deleted as well.
To delete all files and folders in the current folder,
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Common Files & Folders pop-ups
Audio preview application
You can listen to a sound when browsing Files &
Folders. Sound files can be saved in Personal files.
When selecting a sound file in Files & Folders, it
will open in the audio preview application. Touch
the start icon to play the sound.
Note: You can only play PCM encoded WAVE-files. For
optimal result the file should be 8-bit mono. The machine
will not support compressed sound files.
Delete file or folder
Your machine will always ask you to confirm when
you have selected to delete a file or folder. This
prevents you from deleting anything by mistake.
Could not delete file or folder
You cannot delete files or folders from CDs or from
other write protected media.
The folder already exists
You cannot create a new folder with the same
name as another folder on the same level. Create
your folder elsewhere or enter a different name for
the folder.
Available disk space low
Your machine can store files in the built-in
memory. When the memory is full, you can move
them to an external device by using the cut and
paste functions.
When only 15% of the available memory is left,
your machine will alert you once. If you continue
to fill the memory, it will not remind you again,
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System busy
When the machine is loading, saving, moving files
or anything that takes time, an hour glass is shown.
Invalid file type for this folder
Only designs can be stored in Personal designs,
and only font files can be stored in Personal fonts.
Select the proper folder to store in.
Defragmentation
To optimize the sewing machines performance
you sometimes need to do a defragmentation.
When that needs to be done a pop-up message
appears. To defragment your machine first remove
unneccesary files then go to the Machine Settings in
the Settings menu and select Defragment user disc.
The defragmentation can take up to 45 minutes to
perform.
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