User manual SINGER FUTURA

User's Manual User's Manual Trademarks COMPUCON has made all possible efforts to supply trademark information about company names, products and services mentioned in this manual. Trademarks indicated below were derived from various sources: COMPUCON is a registered trademark of COMPUCON Computer Applications S.A. is a registered Trademark of The Singer Company Limited MS-Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Windows, Windows 95, Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. MS-DOS is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. PC is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. ZSK is a trademark of ZSK Stickmaschinen Gesellschaft mbH. Tajima is a trademark of Tajima Industries Ltd. Barudan is a trademark of Barudan Co. Ltd. FMC is a trademark of Barudan Co. Ltd. FDR is a trademark of Barudan Co. Ltd. Pfaff is a trademark of its respective owner. Melco is a trademark of Melco Industries Inc.. Marco is a trademark of its respective owner. Happy is a trademark of its respective owner. Brother is a trademark of Brother Industries Ltd. Toyota is a trademark of its respective owner. All other accompanying logos, brands and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. Futura - English 1-01 iv FUTURA Trademarks License Agreement To the user: This is a license agreement between you and Compucon S.A., established in 14th Klm Thessaloniki / Moudania Road, P.O. Box: 445, P.C.: 57001 THERMI, THESSALONIKI, GREECE, which grants you the right to use this software, sold under registered trademark "Compucon". Buying this software package, you irrevocably accept the terms described underneath. 1. COMPUCON S.A. grants you the non exclusive, non transferable right to use one copy of the COMPUCON Software product ("Software"), acquired with this License, on a single computer only. In case that you wish to install the Software on a network server you should either acquire a number of Software Licenses equal to the number of computers on which the Software will be distributed and used, or a group license. In this case the number of persons using (simultaneously) the Software should not exceed the number of Licenses you have been granted. The software is in use on a computer when it is resident in memory (RAM) installed on a hard disk or other storage device. Software installed on a server for the only and exclusive purpose to be transferred to the workstations or terminals is not considered "in use" according to this license. 2. The Software is owned by COMPUCON S.A. and is protected by International Copyright Laws, International Treaties and Greek Law on Copyright (Law 2121/1994). You acknowledge the copyright ability of the software. 3. You are not allowed to copy or in any way reproduce the Product's manual or other written materials supporting the software. 4. Your right of use the program allows you only loading and running of the program according to its intended purpose. You are not allowed to adapt, translate or otherwise alter the program, to distribute it by any means or electronically, or rent, lease or licence it. No other rights are assigned to you than the herein explicitly mentioned. 5. You are not allowed to bypass, circumvent or remove any copy protection mean. 6. You may not reverse engineer or decompile the software, since it contains secret, valuable know how of the right holder. This does not affect your rights under any legislation implementing the EEC Directive on the Legal Protection of Computer programs. 7. The violation of articles 1,2 and 4 entitles the licensor without any further notice to terminate this agreement as well as any accessory maintenance agreement with the licensee concerning the maintenance of this software. In case of termination the licensee has to erase or destroy the original diskettes or return them to the licensor, return the protection key to the licensor, erase any other copy of the program and return the whole documentation of software. 8. The user of the program cannot reproduce or distribute the program or part of it for private or commercial purposes. The licensee is not entitled to remove or alter any proprietary rights of the program like the copyright notice or the logo of COMPUCON. 9. Under no circumstances will COMPUCON be liable for direct, indirect or consequential or any other damage or loss of data arising out of the use or inability to use the Software or the user documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. To the extend that national applicable law does not allow the exclusion of liability for any kind of damages, COMPUCON's liability in no case shall exceed the amount paid by you for the Software license upon the condition that the user returns all the original diskettes, hardware equipment and devices, including the protection key, returns all documents provided by COMPUCON and erases all existing copies of the program in every possible storage mean. COMPUCON warrants that the software will perform substantially in accordance with the accompanying User's manual. Any COMPUCON's supplied hardware and electronic devises accompaning the Software will be free of defects in materials under normal use and service. COMPUCON however makes no other warranty of any kind either express or implied that the program product is free of errors. No COMPUCON dealer, distributor, agent or employee is authorized to make any modification or alteration to the warranty or liability provisions. Futura - English 1-01 License Agreement FUTURA v Table of contents Installation Manual structure System Requirements Installation of the software Get more at FUTURA Support Site 1 2 2 3 9 Using FUTURA User's Manual In-built Help features Index Help "How to" Tutorial "Machine set-up" Tutorial 10 11 11 12 12 General informationon working with your PCand software 13 General Windows Tasks Mouse Basics Double-click (with left button) Click Right-click Scroll button Files and Folders 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 How your computer is organized Make New Folder Copy files Open folder Paste files Rename files Delete files Restore files Open files Save/Save As files Screens Blank Open Minimize Maximize Close Dialogue Boxes Move box Box Options 16 17 17 18 18 18 19 19 19 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 vi FUTURA Table of Contents Futura - English 1-01 Using FUTURA Software Inside Welcome Box Welcome to FUTURA First time machine user / sending a sample design Open Design Start a new Design Set to work with Inches or MM Futura - English 1-01 23 25 25 25 25 25 25 How to Print on-screen design 46 Inside Exit FUTURA Exit FUTURA How to Exit FUTURA 47 47 47 Inside Undo/Redo Undo/Redo How to Use Undo How to Use Redo 48 48 48 48 Open FUTURA software Open FUTURA How to Open FUTURA 26 26 26 Inside Realistic View Realistic View How to Use Realistic View 49 49 49 Inside Open Design Open Design 27 28 Inside Redraw Design Redraw Design How to Redraw Design 50 50 50 Inside Close Design Close Design How to Close Design 29 29 29 Inside Zoom Zoom In Zoom Out Zoom Full Screen Zoom 1:1 Zoom Fit-to-screen Zoom (set) % 51 51 52 52 52 53 53 Inside Save Design Use Save Design As Use Save Design Design Formats 30 31 32 33 Inside Machine Navigator Inside Open Machine Disk Machine Disk options Use Open Machine Disk Use Delete (from Machine Disk) Use Identify (Machine Disk) Use Copy (files from Machine Disk) 34 38 39 39 40 40 41 Inside Stitch Points Stitch Points How to Use Stitch Points 54 54 54 Inside Hoop Change Hoop View Hoop 55 55 56 Inside Design Browser Design Browser Dialogue Box 42 42 Inside Grid Grid How to turn on Grid How to Set Grid Size 57 57 57 57 Inside Embroidery Anthology Inside Print Design Print Design 44 46 46 Embroidery Anthology Dialogue Box 44 Inside Screen Color Screen Color How to Change Screen Color 58 58 58 Table of Contents FUTURA vii Inside Design Library Design Library How to Use Design Library 59 59 59 Reset Stitch Letters Changing color for Lettering 76 76 77 Inside Change Size How to Change Size Rotate a Design 61 61 62 Inside System Parameters System Parameters How to Use System Parameters Other System Parameters Show Welcome Dialogue Show User Hints 78 78 78 79 79 79 Futura - English 1-01 Inside Center Design Center Design How to Center Design 63 63 63 Inside Stitch Colors Stitch Colors Change Stitch Colors 64 64 64 Inside Help 80 Inside Ruler Ruler How to Use Ruler 66 66 66 Color Block List Select Select Design to Move Select blocks To Move To Re-size To Rotate To Delete Change Color 67 68 68 68 69 70 71 72 72 Index Help 80 "How to" Tutorial 81 "Machine set-up" Tutorial 81 Tip-of-the-Day 81 Keyboard Map 82 Register 82 This option will take you to a page on the Internet at which you will be able to register your software. 82 Get more at FUTURA support site 83 About FUTURA 83 Inside Lettering Step-by-Step Lettering Text Box Font Style Font Height Spacing Italics Justification Frames Rectangle Frame Circle Frames Bridge Frames 73 73 74 74 74 74 74 74 75 75 76 76 viii FUTURA Table of Contents Futura - English 1-01 Installation Thank you for purchasing FUTURA software, a software designed especially for your FUTURA sewing machine. FUTURA has been especially designed as a powerful combination of the FUTURA sewing machine and the FUTURA software. The FUTURA software is the "front-end" of your sewing machine allowing you to easily transfer any kind of embroidery design to the FUTURA machine. What is more, FUTURA software includes numerous editing capabilities allowing you to edit and manipulate your design before transferring it to the machine to be embroidered. In the pages of this manual you will learn how to get the best out of your FUTURA software & machine , for excellent sewing results. We hope you enjoy using FUTURA ! Installation: 1 Manual structure In order to help you easily learn how to use the software, the FUTURA software comes with this manual , divided into the following sections: 1. "Getting Started/Installing the Software..." section , which will help you install the software and understand the general concept of the product before using it. 2. "Inside..." section, designed to provide information and explanation on the complete (detailed) functionality of FUTURA. System Requirements The following is a list of specifications for your PC (personal computer). You can install and use the software on a PC which fulfills at least this specification list. > PC with PENTIUM II or faster processor > Windows OS: Windows 98 / NT / 2000 / ME / XP > 64MB of RAM (128MB or more recommended) > CD-ROM drive > 500 MB (or more recommended) of available hard-disk space for installation > Color standard (640X480 pixels, 16colors) VGA adapter connected with a color VGA monitor (1024x768 pixel; 65,000 colors recommended) > Microsoft compatible mouse Futura - English 1-01 2 Installation: Introduction - Installing the software Installation of the software In order to start using the software on your PC you would have to first install the contents of the CD to your PC. This procedure is refered to as "installation procedure"Please follow the below . listed instructions in order to successfully install FUTURA on your personal computer. The FUTURA software comes on a CD-ROM disc. In most personal computers the default drive setting for a CD-ROM drive is "D:" Please insert the FUTURA CD-ROM into the CD-ROM disc receiver in your PC. Futura - English 1-01 After some seconds, the Installation procedure of the software will start automatically. In case this will not occur after a short while, you can run the installation procedure manually by going to the "Start" option of Windows, select "Run", type "D:\setup.exe" and click on OK. Introduction - Installing the software Installation: 3 After some seconds the step by step installation of the software begins with the Welcome window. You can always abort the installation procedure by clicking on the "Cancel" button. Click on "Next" to move on the next screen. 4 Installation: Introduction - Installing the software Futura - English 1-01 After reading and agreeing with terms given in the License Agreement, please click on "Yes". Now define your User Name and Company Name (in case there is no information available for "Company Name", insert any character). Futura - English 1-01 and again click on Next, and then select the directory where the software should be installed. It would be recommended to use the default selected directory. Simply click on "Next" to continue. Installation: Introduction - Installing the software 5 Now you are prompted to select the Program Folder where the shortcut for the software will be stored. Simply click on "Next" to continue. Now you are prompted to select the language in which the Tutorials and Help files of the software will be installed. English language is installed by default. 6 Installation: Introduction - Installing the software Futura - English 1-01 Finally you are requested to confirm all the selections made during the installation set-up. Futura - English 1-01 Pressing the "Next" button will finally start the copy and installation of the FUTURA software files to the given directory on the hard disk. A progress bar will indicate the stage at which the installation procedure is. I t will finish when it has reached to 100%. After finish of installation and when turning on the machine, Microsoft Windows will automatically prompt you to finalize the installation by installing the special USB driver for connection to the machine. Follow the simple steps of the Microsoft "Add New Hardware" wizard in order to instal the driver. When being asked where to look fo the driver, simply select to look in the CD-ROM drive. The installation procedure is finalizing all required actions and will automatically close after finish. Please wait for a short while until this happens. If the installation utility identifies a lack of available space on your hard disk, an error message will prompt you to free some hard disk space before proceeding with the installation. You can always abort the installation procedure by clicking on "Cancel" . Tip! Tip : If for any reason you would like to uninstall the software, select from "Start" -> "Settings" -> "Control Panel" -> "Add/Remove Programs" icon. From the appearing window scroll down until you find the FUTURA option and click on the "Add/Remove" button. Introduction - Installing the software Installation: 7 Handling CD-ROMS CD-ROMs are an excellent media for holding information. A typical CD can hold up to 650 MB of storage space and access time is relatively fast. In the uncommon event that you experience any difficulty installing the program from your CD, please make sure that the CD Drive itself is in proper working order. In addition, please check that the backside of the CD (where the data is stored and no information is printed on) is perfectly clean and free from dirt, dust and greasy marks, including fingerprints. Futura - English 1-01 Important Note : In order to run and use the FUTURA software, the FUTURA machine has to be set up for embroidery and also has to be connected to the PC via the serial cable that is included in the product package. The FUTURA software wil not run if machine is set up for sewing and/or is not connected to the PC. After finish of the installation procedure, the software will prompt if you would like to view the "Machine setup" Tutorial, with step-by-step instructions on how to correctly setup your machine for embroidery. Select "Yes" if you would like to view the tutorial or "No" to skip. 8 Installation: Introduction - Installing the software Get more at FUTURA Support Site The www.futura-support.com is an online support website designed to provide support to the users of the exciting FUTURA product. Futura - English 1-01 To see for yourself, from inside the FUTURA software simply click on "Help" -> "Connect to Support site" Log onto www.futura. support.com and register to benefit from all the services offered. Upgrade/Add more options Installation: 9 Using FUTURA User's Manual In the following pages you will receive detailed explanations on the functionality and use of all the incredible functions and features included in the FUTURA software. Please study the manual carefully in order to learn how to use and get the best out of this software product. 10 Installation: Using FUTURA User's Manual Futura - English 1-01 In-built Help features FUTURA comes with built-in help features to help and support you while working with the software. You can access all Help features from the Help Menu in the software. Futura - English 1-01 Index Help FUTURA comes with an on-line Help feature to provide valuable information on the features and functions of FUTURA. >Press the F1 button on the keyboard after selecting any feature you might need some help with, and the program will immediately display the related Help topic. >For general help, choose Help>Contents. Clicking on the Contents option prompts the program to activate the Help feature, and displays a menu window with the available help topics. >Select Help>Search and type a specific subject name. The available subjects are displayed in a table. In-built Help features Installation: 11 "How to" Tutorial The "How to" Tutorial is an additional Help feature that will quickly guide you on how to use the software correctly to achieve amazing results. Whereas the standard Help section focuses more on what each feature and function of the software is, the "How to" Tutorials has the purpose to show you "how to do" things while working with the software. From the Tutorials Page, simply select the topic you would like to study and go through the comprehensive step-by-step instructions on how to use a function or feature of the FUTURA software. "Machine set-up" Tutorial In order to start working with FUTURA for embroidery, you will have to first set up the FUTURA machine to work for embroidery. This tutorial presents in a step-by-step procedure how to correctly set up the machine for embroidery. 12 Installation: In-built Help features Futura - English 1-01