HQ Pro-Stitcher User Manual - Handi Quilter

1. The line at the top center of the screen shows the
current path in which the file will be saved. The user
can change the drive letter as well as the folder in
which to save the pattern.
2. To change the drive letter, tap the small black triangle
to the right of the current directory and select
the appropriate drive letter (please do not save to the
C:/ drive as this is the computer’s hard disk and there
is not enough space to allow the user to save patterns
to the hard disk).
3. Select the appropriate folder by double-tapping
on the desired folder name (if any). Use the scroll
arrows below the folder names or the scroll bar to
the right of the folder names as needed to find the
desired folder.
4. Tap on the long white bar in the middle of the
screen and use the key pad to type the desired name
for the pattern.
5. Press the “Save” button to save the file in the selected
folder on the selected drive.
1. Open the design library by pressing the “load”
pattern button in the “Library” screen.
2. Locate and highlight the desired pattern (do not
press the “Load It” button).
3. Press the “Capture” button at the top of the
screen.
4. The pattern will load with a pink translucent box
in front of the pattern (Figure 55).
5. Tap and drag the pink box so the pattern is centered
behind it. Whatever is behind the pink box
when the “snap shot” button is pressed will become
the thumbnail image. Zoom in and pan the image as
desired to get the best representation of the pattern.
6. Press the “snap shot” button. The image will be
saved and the pink box will disappear.
6. The file can now be opened as described previously
in Step 1. The file name extension for all patterns
saved in this way is *.tap.
Capture
Thumbnail images can be created for pattern files
that do not have a thumbnail image associated with
them in the design library. Patterns that are created
or saved from within the HQ Pro-Stitcher itself will
not have such an image, and neither will purchased
patterns unless those patterns also come with a separate
image file (in .jpg or .bmp format). To “capture”
an image for these patterns, follow the steps in the
next column.
Figure 55
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