PULSE+ BES Embroidery Software 2 User manual

Pacesetter
BES Lettering 2
Instruction Manual

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Instruction Manual
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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
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Table of Contents
Learning about the Workspace...........................................5
Parts of the Workspace ................................................................... 6
Title Bar .................................................................................... 6
Pacesetter Button..................................................................... 6
Quick Access Toolbar............................................................... 7
Toolbar and Ribbon Buttons .......................................................... 13
Pacesetter Menu Tools........................................................... 13
Extra Tools.............................................................................. 14
Ribbon Tools........................................................................... 14
The View Tab.......................................................................... 18
Simulator ................................................................................ 19
Status Line.............................................................................. 20
Color Palette........................................................................... 21
Using Scrollbars ..................................................................... 21
Correcting Mistakes................................................................ 22
Setting up your Workspace Environment ...................................... 22
Changing Machine Format Properties.................................... 23
Adjusting the View of the Workspace ............................................ 24
Magnifying and Reducing the View ........................................ 24
Hiding the Sequence and Properties Panels
Automatically .......................................................................... 25
Viewing Different Parts of the Workspace
(Panning) ................................................................................ 26
Taking Measurements ............................................................ 27
Displaying the Hoop ...................................................................... 27
Viewing and Hiding the Hoop ................................................. 28
Selecting a Hoop .................................................................... 28
Creating a Custom Hoop........................................................ 29
Getting Help................................................................................... 30
Opening the Help ................................................................... 30
Using the Contents................................................................. 31
Using the Index ..................................................................... 31
Using Search.......................................................................... 31
Saving Favorite Help Topics ................................................... 32
Printing Help topics ................................................................ 33

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Creating Lettering...............................................................35
Creating Lettering .......................................................................... 36
Normal Text Tool..................................................................... 36
Path Text Tool......................................................................... 37
Custom Shapes for Text on a Path......................................... 39
Vertical Text Frame................................................................. 41
Circle Text Tool ....................................................................... 42
Creating Monograms .............................................................. 43
Text Frames - an Overview............................................................ 44
Adjusting Size of a Text Segment........................................... 44
Adjusting the Width of Text ..................................................... 45
Adjusting the Corners of Text Segments ................................ 45
Using the Envelope Handles .................................................. 46
Rotating Text........................................................................... 46
Adjusting the Slant of Text ...................................................... 47
Adjusting the Size of Text in the Circle Frame........................ 48
Adjusting Text Width in the Circle Frame................................ 48
Changing the Diameter of the Circle Frame........................... 49
Working with Individual Letters ...................................................... 50
Adjusting the Space between Letters (Kerning) ..................... 50
Moving Individual Letters........................................................ 51
Resizing Individual Letters...................................................... 51
Rotating Individual Letters...................................................... 52
Working with Color......................................................................... 53
Changing the Color of a Text Segment................................... 53
Creating Multi-color Text Segments ....................................... 53
Changing Colors in a Two-color Font ..................................... 55
Text Properties ...................................................................57
The Properties Panel..................................................................... 58
Adjusting Text Properties ............................................................... 58
Changing the Text .................................................................. 58
Changing the Font of Existing Text......................................... 60
Displaying a Font’s Available Characters ............................... 61
Spell Checker ......................................................................... 62
Changing the Height of Lettering............................................ 63
Changing Font Spacing .......................................................... 63
Width Percentage ................................................................... 64
Changing the Slant Setting..................................................... 64
Applying an Envelope............................................................. 65

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Drop Caps .............................................................................. 66
Properties Specific to Particular Text Frames......................... 67
Changing Properties with the Context Menu
(Right-click)............................................................................. 68
Text Styles Option.......................................................................... 70
Run Style Text ........................................................................ 70
Steil Style Text ........................................................................ 71
Appliqué Style Text ................................................................. 72
Adjusting Fill Settings .................................................................... 78
Choosing a Fill Pattern ........................................................... 79
Fill Density Setting.................................................................. 80
Carved Fill Properties............................................................. 81
Underlay Properties ....................................................................... 82
Selecting the Underlay Type .................................................. 83
Specifying the Underlay Density............................................. 83
Specifying the Underlay Stitch Length.................................... 84
Changing the Inset Distance .................................................. 84
Pull Compensation Settings........................................................... 85
Displaying Special Characters....................................................... 86
Editing Designs ..................................................................91
Creating New Designs................................................................... 92
Opening and Closing Designs ....................................................... 93
Opening Files with the Browser..................................................... 94
Choosing the Default Recipe.................................................. 97
Saving a Design ............................................................................ 98
Selecting and Moving Parts of a Design........................................ 99
The Select Tool....................................................................... 99
Copying, Cutting, and Pasting Design
Components ......................................................................... 102
Aligning Items in the Design Horizontally
and Vertically ........................................................................ 103
Moving Parts of a Design Manually ...................................... 104
Nudging Design Components............................................... 105
Deleting Design Components............................................... 105
Rotating Design Components............................................... 106
Working with the Color Palette .................................................... 107
Selecting a Thread Chart ..................................................... 107
Searching for a Specific Color .............................................. 107
Changing a Thread Color ..................................................... 108

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Special Design Tools ................................................................... 109
Merging Design Files............................................................ 109
Add Designs Feature.............................................................111
Distorting Segments ............................................................. 113
Working with Name Drops ........................................................... 117
Adding Basting Stitches to Designs...................................... 120
Sequencing Outline Segments .................................................... 121
Sequencing Segments ......................................................... 121
Inserting Segments Earlier in the Segment
Sequence ............................................................................. 122
Moving a Segment Forward or Backward ............................ 123
Moving a Segment to the Start or End of
the Design ............................................................................ 124
Moving a Segment to the nearest Matching
Color Group.......................................................................... 126
Using the Color Sort tool ...................................................... 128
Printing Designs .......................................................................... 129
Previewing a Design before Printing .................................... 129
Printing Design Worksheets ................................................. 130
Changing the Print Settings.................................................. 131
Foreign Language Fonts..................................................133
Greek font.................................................................................... 134
Greek Block font .......................................................................... 135
Greek Mixed font ......................................................................... 136
Hebrew Traditional font................................................................ 137
Russian font................................................................................. 138
Glossary ...........................................................................139
Index..................................................................................145

Before you start using the software, we recommend that you
understand the Pacesetter BES Lettering 2 design workspace
and learn a few of the basic components outlined in this section.
Topics covered in this chapter:
• Setting up the design workspace environment.
• Showing a hoop in the workspace, and choosing the size of
hoop to be displayed
• Creating your own customized hoop.
• Using the Pacesetter BES Lettering 2 help.
CHAPTER 1:
Learning about the
Workspace

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Parts of the Workspace
The Pacesetter BES Lettering 2 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.
Title Bar
The Title Bar appears at the top of the Pacesetter BES Lettering
2 design window. The Title bar displays information about the
design that is open in the workspace: its name, the number of
stitches and colors in the design, and the overall width and
height.
Pacesetter Button
At the top left-hand corner of the window is the Pacesetter
Button . Clicking on the Pacesetter Button to gives you
access to a menu of useful tools, such as New, Save, Print, and

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several others. For a complete list of the tools available on this
menu, and a summary of their functions, see “Pacesetter Menu
Tools” in the next section.
When you open the Pacesetter Menu, you will also see
displayed a list of recent files that you have been using. Just
double-click on the file name to open it.
Tools available on the Pacesetter Menu.
Quick Access Toolbar
The Quick Access Toolbar is located right along the top of your
workspace, to the left of the Title Bar. This toolbar contains tool
buttons that you will commonly use, such as Open, Save, and
Print; but it is fully customizable, meaning that you can add the
tools you personally use most often, for easy access. See
“Customizing the Quick Access toolbar”.

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To start out, the following default tools are included on the Quick
Access toolbar: New, New/Recipe, Open, Merge, Save, Print
Preview, Direct Print, Undo, and Redo.
Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
One important advantage of the Quick Access toolbar is that it
is fully customizable. This means that you are able to select
tools from any of the Pacesetter BES Lettering 2 toolbars and
add them to the Quick Access toolbar. You do this by way of the
Customize function, which is accessed by clicking the small
down arrow to the right of the Quick Access toolbar.
To customize the Quick Access toolbar:
1Click the down arrow at the right end of the Quick Access
toolbar.
You see a menu.
2Click on More Commands...
You see the Customize dialog.