Customizing the window

Quick Access Toolbar/Ribbon

A menu appears when in the [Quick Access Toolbar] is clicked.

Click [More commands] to add or remove the commands appearing in the list of the [Quick Access Toolbar].

Click [Show Above the Ribbon] to move the [Quick Access Toolbar] above the Ribbon. To return it to its original position, display the menu as described above, and then click [Show Below the Ribbon].

If a check mark appears beside [Minimize the Ribbon], the Ribbon is minimized. When a tab is clicked, the Ribbon appears. After a command is selected, the Ribbon is minimized again. To restore it to its original display, clear the check mark.

Example: With [Show Below the Ribbon] selected and a check mark beside [Minimize the Ribbon]

Quick Access Toolbar commands

The first time this application is started up, the following commands appear in the Quick Access Toolbar.

Click , then select or unselect the check boxes beside the commands to switch between displaying and hiding them. When the check mark is cleared, the command is hidden. Alternatively, changes to the commands listed in the [Quick Access Toolbar] can be specified in the [Options] dialog box and all applied at the same time.

Customizing Quick Access Toolbar

Import/Color/Sewing Attributes/Text Attributes pane, Sewing Order pane and Stitch Simulator pane

Floating
Each tab or the entire pane can be undocked to become a dialog box that can be moved around the screen.

• Double-click the title bar of the pane, or tab.
• Right-click the pane or tab, and then click [Floating].
• Drag a tab out of the pane.

Docking
Each pane can be docked back to the window.

• Double-click the title bar.
• Right-click the pane, and then click [Docking].
• Drag the title bar to the location where the pane will be docked.

Hide
When a tab or a pane is no longer needed, it can be hidden.

• Click in the upper-right corner of the dialog box.
• Right-click the tab or dialog box, and then click [Hide].
• To hide the tab, click [View] tab in the Ribbon, and then click the name in the [View] tab. To display the tab again, perform the same operation.

Auto Hide
When a pane is temporarily not needed, it can be moved to the side bar, then displayed by clicking it or positioning the pointer over it. The pane is automatically hidden again when it is no longer being used, for example, when you click anywhere outside of the pane.

• Right-click the tab or the title bar of the pane, and then click [Auto Hide].
• In the upper-right corner of the pane, click .

To cancel Auto Hide, right-click the title bar, and then click [Auto Hide], or simply click in the title bar.

Using access keys

When the <Alt> key is pressed, a KeyTip (label showing the letter of the access key) appears on each command. On the keyboard, press the key corresponding to the command that you wish to use.

To stop using the access keys and hide the KeyTips, press the <Alt> key.