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1 DESIGN-PARTNER MANUAL Vivian Høxbro and Jubbe Netterstrøm

2 PREFACE Design-Partner is developed with the professional knit designer in mind. Using Design-Partner it is easy to create knitting charts in high quality. The charts may be printed or inserted as an image in a Word-document or in a publication/manuscript, using Publisher, InDesign, Adobe C4 or any other professional DTP or layout software. The purpose of this manual is to give a quick overview of how to use the Design-Partner. We assume that the reader is familiar with using Windows-based software. You will also find some general advice on the usage of some of the features of Design-Partner. Writing a manual is not an easy task. Writing the manual for software you have developed even more difficult. Writing in a language that is not your mother tongue adds to the problems. So we will welcome all kind of feedback. You are always welcome to contact us to have things clarified or for comments. Vivian Høxbro viv@viv.dk tlf Søren Netterstrøm sne@viv.dk tlf

3 USING DESIGN-PARTNER BEFORE YOU START! Cursor/Marker! In Design-Partner, as in Windows in general, the cursor is connected with the mouse. You can move the cursor around using your mouse. Most of the time the cursor is shaped like an arrow, but it may take on other shapes. When you work with a chart, the chart consists of cells (organised in rows and columns). The cell where the next symbol will be inserted is marked by a grey blinking shade. We call this the marker. Use the mouse or the keyboard Mark an area Most functions are initiated by marking a rectangular area (a pattern repeat).start by moving the marker to the upper left corner of the area you are going to mark. Either click on that cell with the mouse or move the marker using the arrow-keys. Using the mouse: Hold the left button down, drag down and to the left to mark the area. When done release the mouse button. Using the keybord: Select Mark->Start mark (Ctrl+M) from the menu (rigth click to get a pop-up menu) Now expand the area down and left by using the arrow keys. Moving a copy around When the area is marked, you select the function from the Edit menu. If you select Copy or Move you get a box you can move around using mouse or keyboard. Using the mouse: Move the mouse cursor to the copy box. Press left mouse button down and drag the copy box around. When done, release the mouse button. Using the keyboard: You can move the copy box with the arrow keys. Both: Combine using mouse or keyboard. Menu or right click? The menu line (located on the top of your chart) contains all the functions of the program. Below the menu is the toolbar that contains some of the most used functions. Finally, if you right click your mouse while the cursor is over your chart, you will get a popup menu containing some of the most used functions. When this manual instructs you to select a function, use any of the methods above applicable. You have to experiment to find your way with the program. 2

4 Colour and/or symbols? Design-Partner offer the option to draw a chart using symbols or painting with colors. When you create a new chart, the first thing you must do is to decide how to begin, colours or symbols. Draw with symbols (b/w) You may start drawing with symbols You will normally do this if.. you have a drawn or printed draft with symbols.. you are making a chart for cables or other textures.. you know you want to create a chart with symbols. You can apply colours to the chart at a later stage. You must now choose if each symbol represents a colour, or if colours and symbols are independent layers. The latter may be the case if the symbols represents texture (cables, purl...) Draw with colours You will start using colours in the case you want to play with colour patterns or if you know you want to create a colour chart. In this case you can later apply symbols. Again, symbols may represent a colour, in that case you assign a symbol to each colour used, or symbols may be used to indicate texture so you will have symbols as an independent layer. 3

5 Colours and symbols Start with colours and symbols as you like. If you use both colour and symbols in the same chart there are two different modes Symbols and colours are linked, each symbol represents a colour. You can shift between viewing (and working) in colours and symbols as illustrated below Using symbols Same chart in colour Alternatively colours and symbols may be independent layers, the symbols drawn on the top of the colours, as illustrated below This is an example of a knit/purl pattern where the colours changes in horizontal stripes. 4

6 DRAWING / DESIGNING A CHART New chart Select Files->New or select the new icon on the tool bar This dialog box appears Symbol or colour mode: Select to start with symbols or colours. When using this manual as training material start with symbol mode. About colours see page xx. Size of chart: Give the initial size (width and height) of the chart- You can add/remove lines and columns later as needed. The check box Use standard keyboard refer to page 25. Put a checkmark in Name and save if you want give you chart a name right from the start. It makes it easier to save you chart now and then while working. Click OK, and you will have an empty chart, ready to begin (you may have to give it a name first and save it if you selected so). Note! The new chart is shown with squares (top image). You may select to show it with small dots (as below) if you find that more convinient. You make you choice in Files -> Options-> Screen and use checkbox Squares. 5

7 Note that in both cases you have a grid 10x10. 6

8 Cell square or flat You can select if cells are to be square or flat. If you insert text, you need to select for the system to be able to insert the text correct, else you can change and select at the time of printing. Square cells will have a size of 6*6 points, flat cells are 6 * 8 points, when printed. The latter is closer to stocking stitches. Draw - Design You draw a chart using the keyboard. Just below the chart there is a list of symbols available and the key associated with each symbols. Simply press the key corresponding to a symbol to write that symbol. Like when you write a text, you will write from left to right. If you make an error, move the marker to the cell with the error a retype. To make an empty cell (no symbol) use the space bar. To move the marker (showing where next symbol is written) you may use the arrow keys. If you use Shift+arrowkey, the marker moves 5 cells. Enter moves the marker to the beginning of next line (like when typing text). Home and End may be used to move the marker as well. If the chart exceeds the window on the screen, there will be scroll bars as needed. Use PgUp/PgDn, to scroll vertical. Alt+ PgUp/PgDn, scrolls horizontal. Alt+arrowkey scroll one cell in the given direction. You may use the mouse to move the marker, simply click on the cell where you want the marker to be. You may use the mouse wheel to scroll (vertical or horizontal if Alt is pressed) 7

9 Menu The following chapters will take you through the menu from left to right. FILE, VIEW AND VINDOWS File This is standard Windows: New, Open, Save, Save As, Close, Print. Print Preview is Windows Standard too. But we want to highlight it is usefull to see what your chart will look like when printed. Options: See page 58. Export: See page 41. Edit Color card: See page 39. Recent Files: Another Windows Standard that may be handy. Browse: See page 56. Exit just has to be there. View Customize the screen by hiding the status line and the tool bar. Windows more than one This is another standard Windows feature. You may simultaneously open more than one chart. You can organize how they are displayed and navigate between them here. 8

10 EDIT Knitting charts often contains patterns that are repeated one way or another. Design-Partner contains options to copy, mirror, turn upside down and rotate such patterns and other handy functions for editing. Copy - Ctrl+C Mark the area You start by marking the area to copy. It must be a rectangle. You may use your mouse or the arrow keys, (see page 2). So start by marking the area to copy! The select Edit->copy from the menu (or after right clicking from the popup menu). You will now get a dialog box, where you have to choose how to copy Auto, Multiple fixed cursor, multiple free cursor or copy once. Select Auto to select from another 7 options (Automode). Select the mode to automatic copy you area Horizontal, Vertical, Right, Left, Down, Up or All over. Click OK and the pattern will be copied as selected. Note! If you make the wrong choise, select Edit- >Undo Edit from the menu (Ctrl+Z). Select Multiple with fixed cursor - Click OK. A copy is created (in the same location) that you can move around using the arrow keys or the mouse. When it is in the right position press Enter or double-click your mouse to perform the copy. A new copy is now created at a position with same distance from first copy as between first copy and original. Press Enter or doubleclick tomake this copy. When all copies are made, press Esc. Note. Ctrl+Z will remove all the copies. Multiple with free cursor - A copy is created (in the same location) that you can move around using the arrow keys or the mouse. When it is in the right position press Enter or double-click your mouse to perform the copy. Repeat as many times as you need, then press Esc. Note. Ctrl+Z will remove all the copies. Copy once - Click OK. A copy is created (in the same location) that you can move around using the arrow keys or the mouse. When it is in the right position press Enter or doubleclick your mouse to perform the copy. 9

11 Copy between chart = Use Clipboard First time you copy between diagrams you need to be focused. But you will soon learn how it works! I prefer to have to windows open, on with the source and one with the target.. Note! Be very carefull with the settings of locks. It is the setting of the target that prevails. Go to the source and select the pattern to be copied. Select Copy -> To clipboard ->OK Go to the target. Move the cursor to the upper left corner of the place where you want to insert. Rigth click and select Insert from clipboard. The pattern is now copied to the target diagram. It appears in a gray box, that can be moved (like in an ordinary copy). Finally place it by double-clicking or pressing Enter.. Note. This work in symbol mode, colors can not be copied. Note, you may copy as foreground/background (see below). 10

12 Foreground, Background. Use Foreground / Background as in the example above. In this example the source rectangle (the star) is overlapped by the target rectangle. However empty cells are not overwriting the original if you copy as foreground. If you copy as background only empty cells in the original are overwritten by the copy. In this example you could use any of the two methods. Another example could be a pattern with a flower or another image. You could the make a simple background pattern and copy it as background. Locks Locks tell you what type of elements that are copied. More about Locks later. Move - Ctrl+X You can move an area the same way as you copied. Mark the area, Select Edit->Move. Doubleclick or press Enter, when the marked are is moved to the new position. If you have set any lock you will get a dialog box to confim the settings. More about Locks later. Delete - Ctrl+Del Mark the area, Select Edit->Delete. Doubleclick or press Enter and the area is deleted (cells are empty). 11

13 Change/Swap symbol Use this function on the entire chart or a marked area. Change symbol in a mark area. Mark the area and select Change symbol->change (or ->Swap). You get a dialogbox with 3 columns. Check the symbol to change from (left column), then check the symbol to replace it. Click on Shift (or press Enter). Select another pair to continue. Click Exit (or Esc) to when all shifts are done. Selecting Swap results in the symbols selecting being swapped. To change in the whole chart, you do not start by selecting an area. Insert lines and columns Mark a line: Marks part of the line (at least 2 cells) or right click and select Mark line. If more than one line is selected, the bottommost is used as selection. Marking a column is done in a similar way. Insert lines: Mark a line then select Edit->Insert lines. In the dialog box enter the number of lines to insert and where to insert the lines. Insert columns: Mark a column then select Edit->Insert columns. In the dialog box enter the number of columns to insert and where to insert the columns. Delete lines and columns Mark on or more lines/columns and select Edit->Delete Lines/Columns Crop Mark the area to retain. Select Edit->Crop any lines and columns outside the marked area is deleted. Mirror Mirror: Mark the area. Select Edit->Mirror. The area is mirrored in place. Copy and mirror: Mark the area. Select Edit->Copy and Mirror. A mirrored copy is created, move into position and press Enter (or double-click). Upside down Upside down: Mark the area. Select Edit->Upside down. The area is turned upside down in place. Copy and Upside down: Mark the area. Select Edit->Copy and Upside down. An upside down copy is created, move into position and press Enter (or double-click). 12

14 Rotate (and copy) Rotate: Only a square can be rotated in place. Mark a square. Select Edit->Rotate->Rotate. Select 90, 180 or 270 degrees clockwise rotation. Rotate and copy: Any rectangle will do. Mark the Area. Select Edit->Rotate->Copy and Rotate. Select 90, 180 or 270 degrees clockwise rotation. Move the copy in place. Fill This function is different from the other. The idea is to fill an area of any shape with a symbol. You start by drawing the outline leaving the interior empty (no symbols). Click inside the area and select Mark ->Marker for fill. The area of the line between the outline will be marked. Now move the marker using arrow keys or the mouse to select more lines. It need not be a contiguous area. Select Edit-Fill when the area is marked. Undo Edit!!!!! Sometimes you will make mistakes when you use the edit functions. There is no reason to panic, because you may undo the last edit function (copy, move,, fill). What happens is, that the program saves a copy of your chart before the copy, move etc. Is performed. Undo Edit reloads this copy. You can only go one step back. You may use Undo Edit in a wrong way if for instance you make a copy and then do a lot of other editing. You then want to undo your last change and select Undo Edit. But this brings you all the way back. Now you have Undo Undo to revert to the situation before undo. Edit menu The edit functions discussed here the basic ones connected to the mode where you draw symbols. Later you will learn, that when you draw pen lines or cut out areas using the scissor, the Edit menu changes with functions relevant for actual mode. 13

15 LAYERS Menu or tool bar? There is often a number of ways to do the same in Windows. You have seen how keyboard or mouse can be used for the same. The Toolbar, the icons located just below the menu, offers a fast route (using the mouse) for something you will do a lot of times. Menu Layer in the menu contains Symbols (F10), Pen (F9), Cut (F6) or Arrow (with 4 directions). Ikons The toolbars offers the same options with these icons. Symbols is the box with x, like a cell with a symbol. Cut is the scissor symbol. Pen is shown by the pencil. The 4 arrow ( ) is the 4 different arrow modes. The modes indicates arrow below, above, the right or to the left. Colours is indicated with a small palette. More about colours later. Layers and Locks The program creates the chart in three (or four) layers. The base is the symbol layer, where you draw using symbols. You can draw with a pen in the pen layer and finally you can cut out parts of the chart in a third layer. Colour may also be an independent layer. When you copy, move and delete, using the functions described above, you are normally operation on all three (or four) layers. However, you can lock on or more of the layers so it will not be copied, moved or deleted. More about locks later. Arrows (and Text) are in separate layers that does not interfere with the other layers.. Symbols When creating a new chart or opening an existing charts you always start in symbol mode. If you have changed to another mode, return with the symbol icon (or menu or F10) This is where you draw using symbols, put your chart in colours. Symbol-layer is the basis. Cut Cut is intended to show armholes, neck etc. If you don t have anything to knit, there should not be any cell (not even an empty one). Cell Layers->Cut or use scissor icon. 14

16 Background colour on the screen changes to light green and the frame to a darker green. To cut the cell where the marker is, simply press the spacebar. To remove a cut press x. One the screen cuts are show in a dark green to distinguish from empty cells, men when printing there is just nothing like in the example above. When you cut, you actually hide the symbol. If you remove the cut, the symbol reappears. Edit in cut mode Click on Edit (in the menu) while in cut mode. Note that you get different set of options.. You may copy, mirror and turn upside down as in symbol mode. However, while in cut mode, only cuttings are affected. See more on page 20. You use functions the same way as with symbols. Mark an area and select the function. Cut all and Cut all blanks are easy ways cut a large area. Erase cuts removes all cuts in the marked area. Fill is similar to symbol Fill, however this will fill the cuts (and don t care about any symbols). Ctrl+Z (Undo Edit) can be used as with symbols to go one step back. Right click to get the popup menus. 15

17 PEN Pen is used to mark pattern repeats (as in the example above), neckline (different sizes) etc.. Draw horizontal and vertical Select Pen. The marker changes to a small dot that can move on the edges of the cells (horizontal and vertical) from corner to corner. Background colour changes to light yellow. Activate Pen: To draw a line, active the pen by placing it in on the paper (Pen down). F1 is the shortcut. The marker turns red and cursor changes to a small pencil. As you move around (using the arrows) the line is drawn tracing your movement. Deactivate Pen: Deactivate the pen by removing it from the paper (Pen Up). F1 is the shortcut. Now you will not leave a trace as you move around. Erase penstrokes use the eraser Ease pen: To erase pen strokes, activate the eraser (Eraser down). F2 is the shortcut. As you move the marker any pen stroke on the track will be erased. When done, deactivate (Eraser up) by pressing F2 again. Speed up: If you keep shift down, the marker moves at steps of 5 cells for each click. So if you need a long line, keep this in mind. Right click The popup menu here can be used for Pen Up/Down, Erase Up/Down. Diagonals Pen strokes can also be drawn from corner to corner (diagonals) Diagonals using keyboard Activate the pen using F1. Keep Ctrl-key down, while you draw using the arrow keys. You may find it strange but will get used to it. Left arrow draws from lower right to upper left. Right arrow draws from upper left to lower right. Down arrow draws from upper right to lower left. Up arrow draws from lower left to upper right. Diagonals are erased in a similar way by activating the eraser (F2) 16

18 Use the mouse to draw pen. Using the mouse you can draw any pen stroke from one corner of one cell to the corner of any other cell. Horizontal, vertical, diagonal or any other way. When the pen is activated with F1, you draw by dragging the mouse (as when marking an area). As you drag a yellow pen-stroke is drawn on the screen. When in place, right click your mouse and select Draw from the pop-up menu. Note that you may also Escape if you don t want to draw the stroke anyway. Use the mouse to erase pen When the eraser is activated with F2, you can erase in a similar way by dragging the mouse. Edit in pen mode Erase all pens will remove all the pens in the chart. You will be asked to confirm. If neither pen nor eraser is active, you can mark an area the same way as in symbol mode. If an area is marked, you can use Delete Pen that will delete pens in the marked area. You can Copy, Copy and Mirror and Copy and Upside down but only pen strokes are affected. Frame marked area is an easy way to put a frame around a pattern repeat. Simply mark the pattern and then select Frame marked area and it pattern repeat is framed. Frame chart will frame the entire chart. If armhole or neckline has been cut out, the frame will follow the borderline of these. If any area inside the chart is cut out, they will be framed as well. Undo Edit (Ctrl+Z) works the same as before, 1 step back. Pen Colour Pen Colour Pen Colour Pen Colour By default pen lines are black in print, but appears blue on the screen. Pen colour (available from the Popup Menu when right clicking), you may draw pens in colours. You may use a set of standard based on red, green, blue, yellow, magenta, cyan and black. You may select a different colours for each pen stroke. When using multiple colours (setting colour first time), pen stroke appears in the colour selected on the screen. Any pen stroke drawn before selecting colour will be black. In the menu you will find Change Pen Colour. If an area is marked, it will take effect within the area. If no area is marked it works on the whole chart. If multiple colours are in use, you chart by selecting the colour to be changed. Then select the new colour. 17

19 ARROWS, BRACKETS AND STARS Use arrows, brackets and stars to mark where to start knitting, marking a pattern repeat or.... The program distinguishes between arrows below or above, to the right or to the left of the chart. Select arrows by using the menu (Layer->Arrow->Down) or click on one of the arrow symbols in the toolbar. Arrows - Arrows below the chart Use keyboard or mouse Using keyboard: Select, the marker changes to an arrow shape located just below the chart below the leftmost cell. Note that the text in the info box changes and how it changes as you proceed. Move the arrow marker around using the arrow keys (right, left, up, down) to the position where the arrow head should be placed. Now press F1 (arrow). If you want the arrow to point between to cells, you can now move it a half step left or right using the right or left arrow key. Or just leave it at the centre. Finally indicate the length of the stem by pressing 1 to 9. Using the mouse: Select, the marker changes to an arrow shape located just below the chart below the leftmost cell. Click on the place (inside or outside the chart) where the arrowhead should be. Right click. Select Arrow from the popup menu. In the dialog box that follow indicate if the arrow should be move half a step left or right or stay centred and the length of the stem. Then press OK. - Arrows above the chart Select and proceed as before. - Arrows to the right of the chart Select. - Arrow Arrows to the left of the chart Select. 18

20 Brackets Select,, or. Using keyboard: Move the marker to the cell where the bracket will start (left-right, up-down), press F2. Use right arrow to extend the marked area giving the size of the bracket. Press F2 once more. If the bracket is to the right of to the left use arrow down to set the size. Using the mouse: Move the marker to the cell where the bracket will start (left-right, up-down), right click and select bracket. In the dialog box, give the size of the bracket. Stars Using keyboard: Move the marker to the cell where the star will be (most often away from the chart itself). Press F3. A star is always placed between two cells, so use arrow right or arrow left to adjust. The star is painted and the stem, going to the edge of the chart of created automatically. Using the mouse: Move the marker to the cell where the star will be (most often away from the chart itself). Right click and select star. Note! You can t select left or right, it will always be to the right of the marked cell. Erasing arrows, brackets and stars. Place the marker on the arrowhead, start of bracket or star to delete. Spacebar or Delete key erases the arrow, bracket or star. Note! Direction matters. Edit (menu) contains: Remove all arrows, Remove bottom arrows Remove right arrows Remove above arrows Remove left arrows. These functions remove arrows, brackets and stars. 19

21 LOCKS The layers that are described on the preceeding pages (14-Fejl! Bogmærke er ikke defineret.) can be locked. A single layer or two layers can one locked. You may get a dialog box asking you to set/confirm locks when you perform functions while in symbol mode.. Locks are in effect when you copy, move, delete etc. from edit in symbol mode. The standard in symbol mode is that you operate on all 3 layers 1. Symbols containing the symbols that make up the chart. 2. Pen the layer containing the pen strokes 3. Cut the layer defining where to cut. 4. Colours If colours and symbols are independent layers If you put a lock on a layer, that layer is not affected when you copy, move etc. This can be useful if you have created the shape (neckline) or indicated sizes using pen. You can now lock pen and cut before you continue to work with the symbol part. When you copy status for locks are in the dialog box. For other function you may be asked to confirm lock status. Remember that if you forget to lock a layer, undo edit will quickly bring you back. In pen and cut mode, one pens and cuts respectively is affected. Use Locks in the menu to set and released the 3 locks. Arrow can be considered as a 4th layer. It is however worked on separately from the other three layers. Highligths (see next page) may also be locked independently. 20

22 HIGHLIGHT MARK WITH COLOR Highlighting a pattern repeat. See box below. Highligth enables you to put focus on a repeat pattern or part of the chart that needs special attention, this could just be one single symbol (in a special place) To highlight an area (or a symbol in an area) start by marking the area.0 Select Highlight->Highlight from the menu. If the dialog box select between marked area or symbol in marked area. Now select one of the colours offered If you want all occurrences of a specific symbol highlighted you do not need to mark an area. Just select Highlight->Highlight from the menu and proceed as before. Remove Highlight->Remove removes all highlight either in the entire chart or if an area is selected, in the selected area.. MARK A PATTERN REPEAT With Design-Partner you have several ways of marking pattern repeats. Select the way that will make your chart easy to understand for the knitter. 1. Use stars (below and on the side) and use repeat from * to *. 2. Use brackets (below and on the side) 3. Use frame marked area to draw a pen stroke around the repeat pattern 4. Highlight the pattern (with grey or a colour). 21

23 TEXT You can add text to your chart in Design-Partner. We recommend that you instead do that when you are doing the final layout or the knitting instructions or publication. The reason for this is, that when the chart is inserted into a publication, you may change the size (scale). If text are integrated in the chart, the text while be scaled as well. If the text is inserted in the layout program, you can set the size to fit you publication and increase readability. There is not one solution to his issue. You have to find your own way (in cooperation with those who make layout if you are not in charge yourself) and find the solution that is best to you. Text within the chart Text can be placed inside a chart. To do so, select Text-> Text in a box The box will be the smallest box where height and width are an integral number of cells that can contain the text When you add your first text, you need to select if cells should be square or flat, because the text has to be placed accordingly. In the dialog box you start by selecting the font and the font size. You set standards in Files->options. You can enter up to three lines of text. Orientation: Select the orientation of the text. Alignment: If you have more than 12 line of text you must select how text is aligned. 22

24 Even/Odd: The default box for the text will be the smallest number of squares needed to contain the text. You may want to force this to be even or odd, for instance in order to align to box to with the centre of the chart. Position the text See below. Text outside Like before there is a box containing the text, but the box is transparent. Consequently a textbox may overlap another textbox or part of the chart (including arrows etc.) without hiding what is not behind the text itself. Select Text-> Text outside The dialog box is the same as above. Position the text See below. Moving text When a text is created, it is placed at the current position of the marker. To move a text, you may drag it around with the mouse. Set the cursor on the top of the text, keep left mouse key pressed and drag around. To use the keyboard, click once on the text. It becomes marked and you may move it using the arrow keys. If the text is inside the chart, the box is moved in steps of 1 cell horizontal and vertical. However, if the text is outside, the box is moved in steps of 1/8 of a cell, enabling you to fine tune position in relation to arrows, brackets and stars. Edit text /Erase text When you right click on a text box, a popup menu will give you the option to edit the text or to erase text. I special option (for text inside) is to frame the text, i.e. to draw pen strokes around the text box. 23

25 GRID Grid is where you control the grid on screen. Note that the grid the screen need not be the same as the grid on the printed chart. Sect Grid>options to change grid settings for the current chart. You can select that the grid is counted from bottom right, as when knitting, or from upper left (as when reading) or no grid at all. Next select distance between gridlines. Note that you may have different figures for horizontal and vertical grid. Under Files->Options you may set the standard grid for a new chart. Flat squares You can select to show flat or normal squares Hide / Show Squares Select if you temporarily wants to se the diagram with a grid or not. Note in Files->Options->Screen you set the default for this. 24

26 SYMBOLS So far you have been using the build in set of symbols, allowing you to draw you first charts. However, you can set up your connection between the keyboard and symbols, either for a single chart or as a general standard used each time you start a new chart. Assigning keys Save as standard Select Symbols->Assign Keys. Press Clear to start all from scratch. You move around using the mouse or the arrow keys. Press the key you will use for symbol when the marker is beside that symbol. If you select Save as standard, the setup you made will be the standard (loaded when you start a new chart). You may change standard as many times as you want. If you just press OK, the setup will only be used for the current chart. You can get standard set up by pressing Load standard. Note that when you start a new chart, the standard keyboard setup is used only if the check box Use standard keyboard is checked in the dialog box where size is given.. Symbol explanation The symbol explanation is a list of the symbols used in the chart with a text giving the meaning of the symbol. This explanation can be printed alongside the chart. Select Symbols-> explanation You get a dialog box with three columns, no symbol, symbol and text. 25

27 In the symbol column you put the symbols to be explained. You write symbols using the same keys as when you write your chart. Note. An empty cell is obtained using the space bar as is marked with a small dot. This will print as an empty cell, that is just a frame. If there is no symbol nothing will be printed. In the text column you enter the actual explanation. Note that there is no automatic wrapping of lines, if you need several lines you must do the line shift on your own. The no symbol column should be checked, if you want the text on a line with no symbol to start at the same position as symbols. Standard is that the print has one column with symbols and one column with text. If you need to insert or delete a line, right click or use Edit in the menu. When done, leave the dialog box by pressing OK. The rightmost column is used to highlight a symbol. IF you mark the column, the dialog to select highlight colour will be shown. Check When you are finished you may select Check. This is a control that all symbols used in the chart are in the symbol explanation and all symbols in the symbol table are in the chart. A dialog box will show if all is OK. If not missing or unused symbols are listed. Count If you like to know how many times each symbol are used in the chart. Select Symbols->Count. 26

28 Cables etc. (Special symbols) There is a special set of symbols available to chart cables etc. You obtain these symbols by pressing +2, +3, indicates a line rising from left to right; the number is number of stiches. This set looks like this: Using -2, -3, -4.., -15. you will get etc. 27

29 Finally +-1, gives you Four more series inserting a dot (left or right) are.+2 placing the dot in the upper left corner.-2 placing the dot in the lower left corner +.2 placing the dot in the upper right corner -.2 placing the dot in the lower right corner The number can again be 2 to 9. In Files->Options you may select if these symbols will have a divider between each cell covered (as above) or if they should be omitted. 28

30 COLOURS Colour model Design-Partner uses the standard model for colours in Windows. This model is created for showing colours on a screen and is similar to how a colour-television works. Each colour is created by mixing red, green and blue light and known as the RGB-model. If all three colours are full brightness, the resulting colour is white, if all three are off the colour is black. If all three have same brightness you get shades of grey. In Windows, the brightness of each colour is gving as a number from 0 (off) to 255 (full brightness). That gives a total of 256*256*256 (roughly 16 million) different colours in theory. Practically speaking, you may not be able to distinguish between all. To select a colour from all 16 million each time you want to assign a colour is not very convenient. Design-Partner uses instead a colour card containing 224 different shades to select from. Standard colour card Design-Partner comes with a standard colour card with 16 x 14 colours. The last 8 is left blank. To the right I warm colours and to the left cold colours. This colour card may cover most needs and it cannot be changed. You may however create your own colour cards (containing up to 224 colours). You may use this to create a colour card matching a specific yarn. Colours and symbols Design-Partner uses colours and symbols in two different ways. Refer also to page 6. Colours linked to symbols each symbol is assigned 1 colour when printing you may select colour print or symbol print Colours and symbols as an independent layers you may draw only using colour you may add symbols on the top of the color Colours is an independent layer and like cuttings and pen it can be locked You select the model you want to use, either when you start a new chart or the first time you want to add colours to a chart drawn using symbols or want to add symbols to a chart drawn using colours. You may switch between the two modes, more about this later. 29

31 Colour modes From symbols to colour click the palette icon From colours to symbols click the symbol icon Colours and symbols are linked and you can switch between editing in symbols or colours Indepedent colour layer, draw with colours and then draw symbols on the top. 30

32 Create your own colour card As mentioned Design-Partner has a standard colour card included. However, we recommend that you create one or more colour cards of you own matching the arn you are using. You get a colour card with a smaller set and colours that is easier to work with. It is easy to make a colour card. In the menu select Files->Colourcard. Vælg New and this dialog box appears The right panel shows the standard colour card, in the left panel your own card is build. Select a colur from the standard card and press in the left panel where the marker is. (or double click). The colour now appears Fine tune the colours You can fine tune the colours in your own colours card. Select the colour you want to fine tune with a mouse click. Below the panel a larger rectangle shows the colour. The numbers below the left panel show how the colour is composed of red, green and blue. Change any of these numbers up/down until you get exactly the colour you are looking for. If you already has created on or more colour cards you can use them as base for your new colour card. Use Load to fetch another colour card to the right panel. Use Load std to return to the standard colour card. You can mix your colours in the new colour card from several existing cards. You have now created your first colour card or at least a scetch. See later for more ways to edit your colour cards. Press OK when you have finished your work. You must then name your colour card. 31

33 Begin a new chart with colours Select new chart and select Start with colours You will get a list of your own colour cards (if you have any) and the standard colours card. Select the one you are going to use. Enter information about height and width and you are ready. A colour card may have a standard keyboard setup that is where keys are assigned to colours the same way you know from symbols. As you will draw with colours the same way you draw with symbols (using the keyboard), this setup is needed. First time (or if you do not select you standard keybord), you get a popup box where you assign keys to colours, similar to the way you assigned keys to symbols. After assigning keys you may save as the setup as standard. You can change as you go along. Working with colours is similar to working with symbol. The main difference is, that instead of a list of symbols and the key connected, you see a list of colours and the keys connected. Like when working with symbols, you draw using the keyboard; you may copy, erase, mirror or turn upside down etc. just as you do when working with symbols. 32

34 Expand the colour card You may expand the colour card if you need more colours for you chart. If you so by selecting Colors->Add colors from the menu. If you expand the colour card while working with a chart, the changes only applies to the actual chart. To change a colour card you should select File->Colour Card and then select Edit. When you select Add Colors you get the same dialog box as when you create a new colour card. You can Load a colour card or Load Standard and then copy colours to the actual colour card or you may fine tune a colour, just as when you created a new colour card. When done press OK. Select more colours from the colour card Use Colors->Assign Keys to select colours from the colour card that you will use in your chart. Note! In the palette (shown on the top/bottom) of you screen only those colours you assigned a key are displayed. 33

35 Symbols select mode! Before you proceed you must select if colours and symbols are linked as above or if colours and symbols are independent layers. Press the icons for symbols ( x ). You must now select between the two modes. If you select independent layers, then you may need to assign keys to symbols. The box (at the top/bottom) changes from showing colours and keys to symbols and keys. You are now ready to work with symbols (and cables). If you select to link colours and symbols, you get a dialog box where you assign a symbol for each colour used, When done, you will see the chart with symbols and can continue to edit now using symbols. You may use Colors->Assign Symbols to assign symbols to colours. This forces the chart into linked colour mode. If you have drawn symbols on the top of you colours (independent layers), the symbols are lost. You will get a warning message about this. 34

36 Edit using colours or symbols Change between working in colurs and with symbols using the icons for symbols ( x ) and colours (the palette symbol) If you work with linked colours and symbols pressing x show the chart in black/white (symbols) and pressing palet show the chart in colours. you work in independent layers pressing x enables you to draw symbols on the top of the colours and pressing palet enables further editing of the colour layer. Adding colour to a chart with symbols. If you started you chart with symbols you may add colours by selecting Colors->Select color mode (or press the palette icon). Now you must select the colour model. If you select linked mode, see next page. If you select independent layers the next step is the select the colour card and (if the is no standard setup) assign keys. You can now draw with colours and the symbols will not be affected. Locks When colour is an independent layer it may be locked in the same way as pen and cuttings. IF you lock in connection with a copy operation, this only takes effect for actual operation. If you however select Locks from the menu, the lock will become standard when you copy etc. 35

37 Linked colour model - Colour->Assign Let us take a guided tour through colours. Find or make a chart with at least 3 different symbols Vælg Colours->Assign in the menu (or press the palette icon). Select linked colour mode. In the dialog box you will get the build in standard colour card. To the left is a column with the symbols used in the chart. Just to the right of these a column with white boxes, this is where we will assign the colours. You may use the push buttons in the lower part to Edit local colour card more later Load that allow you to use another colour card from a set you have created yourself. Load std to reload to build in standard card. First time you assign colours you get the standard colour card. The topmost symbol is already marked. Now click on a colour in the colour card and the colour is copied (assigned) to the symbol marked. You may mix colours from different colour cards as you need. 36

38 First colour assigned: orange. All colours assigned. When you select the first colour, the next symbol in the list is marked. Now click on another colour to assign that to the symbol etc. Click on a symbol if you want to mark it to select another colour. When done (and you press OK) your chart is shown in colours. In the symbol/key list below the chart, those symbols assigned a colour is shown in a box with the colour selected. Note! To get an overview of a large chart you may use the zoom (%) in the menu line. 37

39 Edit in colour You may edit your chart in colours. When you press a key for a symbol assigned a colour, the colour will be displayed. The symbol is inserted as well, but not visible unless you return to symbol mode. Colour->Assign When you have chosen linked colour mode the menu contains a number of options discussed here. Colour->Assign is used to assign colours to symbol, whether you have a new symbol or want to chage the colour assigned to a symbol. Same dialog as when you initially assigned colours. Colour->Show Can be toggled (on/off) to show in colours or symbol mode. Same as using the icons for symbol and colour. Colours->New colour set Colour sets gives you the option to make and keep several colour versions of design. Colours->New Colour set to initiate a new variant. You get the dialog box for assigning colours. The changes you make here of cause only effect to new variant, the old one is not changed. Colours-> Colour set forward or Colours-> Colour set backward to quickly shift from one variant to the next. You may create as many as 20 different variants. Colours->Remove from colour set removes the variant presently displayed. At least 1 must be left. Colours->Assign to cables Select or make a chart that includes cables. Assign colours to symbols as before. Now, when showing in colours, cells containing cables has no colour, but jut the cable on white background. To assign colours to cables, select Colours->Assign to Cables from the menu. The cursor will move to the first cable symbol in the chart. You assign a colour by using the key that corresponds to this colour (the symbol assigned the colour), use the guide in the button of the screen. The cursor jumps to next cable, select colour and so forth. You can manually move the cursor to the first cell of any cable to assign a colour for that cable. 38

40 Colour cards advanced You have seen how colour cards are used and and you may create you own colour card. First time you add colours to a chart you use a colour card as the base. This colour card is copied into the chart. Consequently, if you change the colour card it is the copy (within the chart) that is changed. It also means, that if you change a colour card this will not influence those charts you have already made, as they still contain their own copy. Since a chart holds its own copy of the colour card, charts may be distributed to other users even if they do not have the original colour card. To make or edit your own colour card, select Files->Colour card You get a dialog box showing existing colour cards (first time the list is empty). Select Add Colours to add colours to an existing colour card. >You get the same dialog box as when you created your first colour card Select New to create a new colour card from scratch. Select Delete if you want to get erase of a colour card. Note that existing charts using the colour card are not affected, as they have their private copy. Finally Edit brings you into an alternate way of adding and changing the colours of a colour card. It is more complex to use than the method used with Add Colours. The benefit is that you get a very large set of colours to use as a base making it easier to find the exact colour needed. However, be aware that some colours are very difficult to produce on a screen. The lack of a black component makes colours like beige, off white and brownish colours problematic. 39

41 Note the frame surrounding the top left colour, noting this is the actual choice. The selected colour is shown in larger format below and the way the colour is composed of Red, Green and Blue can be seen as three numbers between 0 and 255. By changing any of these numbers, you can make (small) corrections to the colour. As you change numbers the sample and the colour changes accordingly. You may instead take your offset in the colour cube located in the right side. Its divided into 16*16 colours, from the offset combining red/green. Click on a colour and it is shown as a larger sample below. The cube can be rotated, to show red/yellow or yellow/green combinations. Use the slider below to add the third colour (if red/green then it will add blue etc). Using these options you can in a quick way browse through 16*16*16 = 4096 shades of colour. Grey tones are always shown to the right. Finally you may fine tune a colour, using the three number boxes to the left. When the sample has the desired colour, use Assign to put it into the colour card (at the place selected (framed). On the left side, you can select a colour, press Copy, move the cursor to another place and select Paste. When your colour card is done, select Save or Save as to give it a name and make it ready for 40

42 ROW NUMBERS Standard Settings The standard is that row numbers are shown on the screen, but not on the printed chart. You may alter this settings for new charts in Files->Options (see later) Menu Select Row Numbers from menu to have row numbers on the printed chart. You will have these options: Please select how you like row numbers to be printed. 41

43 Row nubers, both side With this option row number sare printed to the rigth and the lift Start right size gives 1,3,5 to the right and 2,4,6 to the left. Start left side give 1,3,5... to the left, 2,4,6 to the right. Row numbers, 1 side only If you chose rigth or left side only, you will have the odd rows numbered (1,3,5 ) Row Number every 10th row Another option that sometmies is usefull. 42

44 Chart shows every second row If you have a chart that only shows every second row, this can be reflected too. No row numbers (in print) Turns off printing of row numbers. Start with You may start you sequence of njumbers from any number, default is 1. Note! Be carefull that row numbers not are going to get in conflict with text, arrows or brackets etc. on the right/left side of the chart. 43

45 Options In Files->Options the is a tag Row Numbers where you select your standard Print You can ask that all new diagrams as a default has row numbers. Only the most common forms are availavble here. You can still change for each chart as needed. Screen Same as print: The row number on screen mimics those n print. Show row numbers..: As above, except is you select no row number son print, standard row numbers will be shown on the screen. Do not show : Row numbers are never shown on the screen. 44

46 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING, PLEASE READ Design-Partner offers several ways to print and publish your charts. It may seem more complex than it is, but we strongly recommend that you read the following pages. There are three ways you can print/publish charts, both in black and white or in color and including symbol explanations. Method 1 direct to printer You can print you chart/symbol explanation direct on a printer connected to your computer. Example: I (Vivian Høxbro) use this method only while working with the chart, making samples etc. Method 2 Importing into and Office program using EMF You can export a chart/symbol explanation in a format suitable for importing to a Microsoft Word or Publisher document using a format called EMF (Enhanced Meta File). You save your chart and symbol explanation as a picture (export as EMF) and then insert the picture into the document holding the knitting instructions. Example: When I have finished my chart I export as EMF and import into the Microsoft Publisher document holding the knitting instructions. After you have imported the chart, you may of cause scale it like any other picture. However, all texts that are part of the image are scaled too and this may not be suitable. However, you may choose not to include texts in the exported file and then add the texts in Word/Publisher in order to have more control of layout. Method 3 Importing into layout programs using EPS This is an example of a chart and symbol explanation inserted in the knitting instruction. Texts for the chart are added after the chart was imported and scaled. 45

47 finally you may export using EPS (Encapsulated Postscript) that is the preferred format when working with layout programs like In Design and Quark. Example! When I deliver charts to magazines or publishers it is most likely that the lay outer prefers EPS files, as they will typically be working with In Design or Quark (and most likely on a Mac computer). Exporting your charts into EMF and EPS is nit a very complicated process. Printing in colour Colours on the screen - RGB On the computer screen (as on a television) colours are created by mixing Red, Green and Blue light with varying intensity (the RGB model). This allows in theory to create any shade of color. Design Partner uses the RGB model as shown previously. Printing colours CMYK or YMC When printing on paper the colours are obtained by mixing Cyan (C), Magenta (M), Yellow (Y) and Black (K). This is called the CMYK or YMCK colour model. If black is not included in the model, it is called YMC. Automatic conversion In Microsoft Windows, RGB is the only colour schema used even when printing. Windows performs a conversion from RGB to CMYK automatically. For most purposes this conversion works pretty well. If you have a photo on the screen and print it, you will normally get something that looks similar. But not two screens or two printers are similar. The same RGB value looks different on different screens (and depending on how you adjust the screen), and when printed it will again be dependent both on the actual printer, the settings and the paper. take charge use a colour card As colour is often so important for a specific design the program allows you to obtain full control of the printed colours. It does require an extra effort to specify the exact color, but we think it is worth the effort. Choose between giving the code for each color (from the colorcard, see below) or to use the automatic conversion of screen colors Example! I use the automatic conversion for sketches and then select each color once I create the final design for production. Start by making your own color card using the printer and the paper you will use for your colour prints.. Select Files>Options->Colorprint. Select the printer. The colour card has 8 pages. Each color has a three digit code (143, X24). It is important to use the same paper and printer options and you will use when printing you charts. 46

48 More about EMF and EPS Export with EMF/Microsoft Method 2 EMF (Enhanced Meta File) is developed by Microsoft as a format for exchanging pictures (and formatted text). EMF files can be scaled without loss of quality. If you intend to insert your chart into an Office program (Word or Publiher), we strongly recommend the use of EMF. EMF uses RGB as the color model like Windows. However, as the goal is to produce a printable document you may, as when printing direct, determine the colors using your color card when exporting in colors. Export with EPS Method 3 EPS is develop with publishing (printing) in mind and consequently uses CMYK as the basic color model. In-Design, Quark and other high-end layout programs uses the same standard. When exporting a chart in colors using EPS, it is necessary to supply the CMYK kode for each color. You print shop (or layouter) should be able to deliver a booklet containing color samples and the associated codes (reflecting the actual paper being used). The codes can be expressed as CMYK, YMC, YMCK or percentages. If Files->Options you can adjust the program to reflect any of these models. EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) is the de facto standard for images (and formatted tekst) in the professional graphic business. So when delivering for In Design, Quark etc. EPS is the natural choice. Design-Partner supports both EMF and EPS. Both EMF and EPS handles vector based graphics. Images are describes as lines or curves from one point to another. The image is converted to points (rasterized) just before being shown on a screen, printed. This allows for optimal usage of the resolution of the actual screen or printing device. Design Partner uses vector based graphics to ensure you get the optimal result. Why two formats? The reason for supporting both EMF and EPS is that Microsoft Office only supports EPS in a rather limited way. You may import an EPS image into a Word or Publisher document, but it is turned into a raster image during the import. If you scale the image, the result may not be satisfying and printing is not optimal. So we do recommend using EMF when working with Microsoft Office. However, EMF is not the standard for professional print shops. Here EPS is the industry standard. Known problems with EMF In theory you may scale a chart with different scaling factors horizontal. However, we have experienced problems when doing so with EMF files. When printing on some Hewlett Packard laser printers it may take very long time and not even work in the end. Sharing EMF files The EMF files are based on the fonts that are delivered with Design Partner. If you send a document containing an EMF file to a computer, where the fonts are not installed, you will get a funny image consisting of letters, but not the chart you expect. Install the fonts on any computer where you will process such documents. If you want to distribute the document, turn it into a PDF-file, then the fonts are included in the PDF file and it can be used on any computer. 47

49 PRINT PREVIEW If you use Files->Print Preview (instead of Files->Print), you are presented with the same options as before. However, you get an image of the printed page(s) on the screen, where you may control that everything is OK before you actual print on paper. 48

50 PRINT BLACK & WHITE Select Files->Print (Ctrl +P), when the chart is shown in black & white (with symbols) on the screen. A dialog box pops up giving you the following options Print with name: Mark if you want the name of the chart i the upper right corner What to print: Select to print both chart and symbol explanation or just one of the parts. Chart Symbol: Select symbol size, either square (6*6) or flat (6*8). In case you have texts in the chart, you have selected this when creating the first text. Grid: Select if you want a grid for each 5 or 10 and where to count from. Pen width: Select the width of penstrokes. 2 is standard. 4 doubles the width. Experiment. Grey frames: You can select to have the frames (and grid) printed in grey rather than black. You may try with 75% as a start, but experiment and select what you think is the better option. Scaling: You may scale the chart in printing. You may even scale it to fit one page. Select printer: In case you have multiple printers, you can select the one to use here. Symbol explanations Select to print the symbols and text of the symbol explanation or just the symbols. When all selections are done, press OK to print the chart. When you have found a set of standards for printing, you may go to Files->Options. Select the tab black/white and records your standard settings. They will then become the automatic choice next time you print, but you can still change them for individual charts.. 49

51 PRINT COLOUR Select Files->Print (Ctrl +P), when the chart is shown colour on the screen. A dialog box pops up giving you the following options Print with name: Mark if you want the name of the chart i the upper right corner What to print: Select to print both chart and symbol explanation or just one of the parts. Chart Symbol: Select symbol size, either square (6*6) or flat (6*8). In case you have texts in the chart, you have selected this when creating the first text Grid: has the following options Yes No White frames around selected colours* White frames between selected colours* * The selection of colours is done in the next step 50

52 Include arrows and brackets allows you to omit arrows and brackets from the print. Include text allows you to text from the print. Scaling: You may scale the chart in printing. You may even scale it to fit one page. Select printer: In case you have multiple printers, you can select the one to use here. Symbol explanations Select to print the symbols and text of the symbol explanation or just the symbols. When all selections are done, press OK to continue. Assign colours A new dialog box pops up. It contains 3 or 4 columns as follows 1. Symbol: The symbols and the screen colour assigned 2. Colour code: An empty column, where you can give the code of a colour for the colour card you have printed 3. White frame: If you have selected white frames, this column is shown. Put a tick on those colours that should have a white frame. 4. Print colour: The last column show the colour selected for print as a quick control of selections made by selecting a colour code You may now use one of the methods below Automatic: If you do not write colour codes, the system uses the screen colour. Just press OK to print the chart. Manual: You may use your colour card to better control the printed colours. Enter the code from the colour card in the second column. When done press OK to print the chart. Mixed: You may mix the approach by giving a code for some colours and leave the others automatic. 51

53 EXPORT WITH EMF BLACK/WHITE Select Files->Export->EMF, when the chart is shown in black & white (with symbols) on the screen. A dialog box pops up giving you the following options What to export: Select chart, symbol explanation or both Chart Symbol: Select symbol size, either square (6*6) or flat (6*8). In case you have texts in the chart, you have selected this when creating the first text. Grid: Select if you want a grid for each 5 or 10 and where to count from. Pen width: Select the width of penstrokes. 2 is standard. 4 doubles the width. Experiment Grey frames: You can select to have the frames (and grid) printed in grey rather than black. You may try with 75% as a start, but experiment and select what you think is the better option. Include arrows and brackets allows you to omit arrows and brackets from the EMF-file. Include text allows you to text from the EMF-file. There is no scaling here as you will do that in the program where you insert the image. Symbols Symbol explanations: Select to have a full symbol explanation including text or a list of symbols without text.if you select symbols, you get one image for each symbol, leaving the placement complete free in the document where you import. When all selections are done, press OK to continue You must now give a name to the file to be created. In Files->Options you can set your standards. 52

54 EXPORT WITH EMF - COLOURS Select Files->Export->EMF, when the chart is shown colour on the screen A dialog box pops up giving you the following options What to export: Select chart, symbol explanation or both Chart Symbol: Select symbol size, either square (6*6) or flat (6*8). In case you have texts in the chart, you have selected this when creating the first text Grid: same options as for colour print, see page 50 Include arrows and brackets allows you to omit arrows and brackets from the EMF-file. Include text allows you to text from the EMF-file. There is no scaling here as you will do that in the program where you insert the image. Symbol explanation Select to have a full symbol explanation including text or a list of symbols without text. If you select symbols, you get one image for each symbol, leaving the placement complete free in the document where you import. When all selections are done, press OK to continue Assign colours A new dialog box pops up. It contains 3 or 4 columns as follows 1. Symbol: The symbols and the screen colour assigned 2. Colour code: An empty column, where you can give the code of a colour for the colour card you have printed 3. White frame: If you have selected white frames, this column is shown. Put a tick on those colours that should have a white frame. 4. Print colour: The last column show the colour selected for print as a quick control of selections made by selecting a colour code Press OK when colours are selected You must now give a name to the file to be created. In Files->Options you can set your standards. 53

55 EXPORT WITH EPS BLACK/WHITE Select Files->Export->EPS, when the chart is shown in black & white (with symbols) on the screen. A dialog box pops up giving you the following options What to export: Select chart, symbol explanation or both Chart Symbol: Select symbol size, either square (6*6) or flat (6*8). In case you have texts in the chart, you have selected this when creating the first text Grid: Select if you want a grid for each 5 or 10 and where to count from. Grey frames: You can select to have the frames (and grid) printed in grey rather than black. You may try with 75% as a start, but experiment and select what you think is the better option. Include arrows and brackets allows you to omit arrows and brackets from the EPS-file. Include text allows you to text from the EPS-file. There is no scaling here as you will do that in the program where you insert the image. Symbol explanation Select to have a full symbol explanation including text or a list of symbols without text.if you select symbols, you get one image for each symbol, leaving the placement complete free in the document where you import. When all selections are done, press OK to continue You must now give a name to the file to be created. In Files->Options you can set your standards. 54

56 EXPORT WITH EPS - COLOUR Select Files->Export->EMF, when the chart is shown colour on the screen A dialog box pops up giving you the following options What to export: Select chart, symbol explanation or both Chart Symbol: Select symbol size, either square (6*6) or flat (6*8). In case you have texts in the chart, you have selected this when creating the first text Grid: Select if you want a grid for each 5 or 10 and where to count from. Grey frames: You can select to have the frames (and grid) printed in grey rather than black. You may try with 75% as a start, but experiment and select what you think is the better option. Include arrows and brackets allows you to omit arrows and brackets from the EPS-file. Include text allows you to text from the EPS-file. There is no scaling here as you will do that in the program where you insert the image. Symbol explanation Select to have a full symbol explanation including text or a list of symbols without text.if you select symbols, you get one image for each symbol, leaving the placement complete free in the document where you import. When all selections are done, press OK to continue Now you must select colours, that is assign the colour code. As mentioned above you can use CMYK, YMCK or YMC. In Files->Options you select the mode corresponding to the colour card you are using. Finally you may add a symbol to be inserted for selected colours. If you have tree green shades that may not be easy to distinguish when printed, then you may insert a small black dot in the middle shade to improve the readability of your chart. You use the keyboard in the same manner as when drawing a chart. Press OK when colours are selected You must now give a name to the file to be created. In Files->Options you can set your standards. 55

57 BROWSER AN OVERVIEW The browser offers an easy way to get an overwiev of the content of your archives. We recommend that you always open browser when you start Design-Partner. Select in File- >Options. The browser may also be opened using File->Browse. In the left pan window you can see a list of the content of the archive. As you select a chart by clicking with the mouse, the chart (or part of it) is shown to the right. As you scroll through the list (using mouse or arrow up/down keys), the new selecting is displayed to the right. If you tick the box below, charts will be shown in colour, if colours are assigned. Open Open the selected chart by double-clicking on the name press the open button below. DOS In case you have archives from the old Diagram for DOS, then press the DOS button to go to the DOS archive. If you open a DOS file and make changes, you must save it in the new format. Rename, Delete, Move and Save as If you right click on a name, you get a pop-menu from where you may select to rename, delete, move (to another (sub)-archive) or Save as (create a copy). 56

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