Page 1 TruEmbroideryTM Fundamentals: All Applications From TruEmbroidery Software Certification Lesson 7: Fundamentals Closing Program Windows Versus Closing Applications When you exit TruEmbroideryTM (~ Q or select the Application name and then Quit in the drop-down menu) without closing all the program windows, TruEmbroideryTMautosaves open windows if you have saved the design files, and loads them for you next time you start the Application. The following steps w ill help yo u understand how closing Applications is d ifferent than closing windows in TruETM Studio. Til e steps will be the sa me for closing Tru CM Modify a nd TruE TrVl Create Applic ations also. This exercise a ssumes you have created multiple open windows and saved them in one or more TruEmbroideryTM Applications, and the Applications and multiple windows are currently open, System Preferences 1. Select System Preferences ~o::::.i ln Launchpad -,or from the Dock. Select General. Place a check by Ask to keep changes when closing documents. Uncheck Close Windows when quitting an o..:k~im"'(<llinri.o). e~~u..,..,.,,,,,,". 1wtICItOlMU'«Wt". (id.,", ~""tok."fj~"".do,,,,, dool""1iu'.' c:mc-~wlte;n CN4ltU'lt..,,&pOkM)M... _Wil,""'"'~...,~... _.. r"-_"",,'~"~ application. Click Close in General.
Page 2 Adding Application Icons to the Dock 1. Select Launchpad. ' Find an icon you w ish to add to the Dock. Click and drag the icon down to the dock and release the Icon. 2. Repeat for all icons you wish to add to the Dock. 3. To move to another Application, click its icon in the Dock or in Launchpad 4. To Remove an Application icon from the Dock, right click or Control click to open a Show Recents pop-up menu, and select Options, and O~ then Remove from Dock. OPtiO~... Remove from Dock Open at Login Show in Finder Closing an Application 1. Ensure you are in TruE St udio ~. If you are not, click th e TruE H ", Studio...=.- icon in the Dock. Application ic ons appear in the Doc k whe n the Applicati o n is open or active. 2. To check and see how many pages are open in the current Application, click Window in the TruE Studio Menu bar, and the open windows will appear as a list at the bottom of the drop-down menu. The active window (the window in view) will be chec ked...~~ Help Minimize ~M Zo om Brin g All to Front MonogramBorder.vp3. " OliviaPortrait.vp3 TrueToYoursel f.vp3 3. When you have multiple windows open in any TruEmbroideryTM Application, and want those window(s) to re-open next time you start the same TruEmbroideryTMApplication, hold the ~ key and touch the Q key (use Quit). You will close the Application but will not close any open windows. :..::." - G'~ -...,-c~ '... = -,I --, ~.2'- -"s.=,;: ' ~- -= ::.:~... ~;.3 ': <~ 0.- 12"....:,:,..) ~. ~::;.. "\j... _.A,...,,:=~.--=.:i.= \ =:..,.... -... " ~:. ~ ~.. 2'~r '-:; s:' '::'~'._ -:::: i'"
You can also select 'Tru E Studio' (or any other Application na me) in the Menu bar, and select 'Quit TruE Studio', The shortcut key sy m bols are also show n in the drop-down menu, Note: You must save the design in each window Page 3 File About TruE Studio Edit Preferences... ~. Services ~ Hide TruE Studio ~H Hide Others \: ~H Show All Quit TruE Studio ~Q or it will not be autosaved and reopened automatically. If a work in progress has not first been saved before closing the Application by quitting, when you next launch the Application, the window may reopen but be empty because it couldn't autosave. To ensure your work is remembered, save the designs in each active program window before quitting an Application. 4, Click the TruE Studio.~ icon in the Dock to reopen the Application, If you do not have shortcuts in the Dock, click Launchpad, and click the TruETM Studio ~ icon, The active program windows will reload automatically with the Application, Closing Individual Windows 5, To close a visible window when you have finished a project, click the Close icon in the upper left corner of the current window, If the design has not been saved, you will be asked if you want to save the work in progress or close without saving, 6, If you have multiple windows opened, the next window will come into view so you can close it also, 7, Continue clicking the Close icon - until all the Help windows are closed, and you no longer see a True" Studio work area window in your display, As a double-check, click Window in the TruE Studio Minimiu ~M Zoom Bnng All to Front -,-.:.,- 'S-.~.::... ;.,::: 7'~":' ~ ;- " ~"...,, "- " - ", - rc..: or I 83TruEmbroidery" _~ ~.-,~,=~~~.~:,,~ _~:, ~ :. ' '),"il..:.: ~- ~.?=-~---2' '; ~'- : ' :; ~'~I ~.~~~.~.. -;lirtwarr r()~ 'MLC
Page 4 Menu bar. There should be no windows named in the ope n window list. 8. Although you have closed all the open windows, the TruE'MStudio Application is still open. g. If it remains as the active Application, the TruETMStudio Menu bar will be visible at the top of the display, but you will not see a TruE"oA Studio work area. The area displayed under the Menu bar may instead be the Desktop or another open Application. 10. If you have selected a different Application to make it active, the Menu bar for TruETM Studio will be hidden from view and the Menu for the active Application will appear at the top of your display. 11. To verify whether an Application is open, look at the Application icon in the Dock. If a small 'light' appears under an Application icon, then the Application is open. 12. To make the open but not active (visible) TruE TloA Studio Application active again, just click the icon ~ in the Dock. The Menu bar, along with a new program window, will again be the active Application in your display. 13. To close TruE Studio now that the Menu bar is visible at the top of your display (the Application is active), simply hold the ~ key and touch the Q key, or select the Application name in the Menu bar, and then select Quit. _-.:- "\ I -:...,,~; - =:;' -;., ~.-,:.; - ~ " ~ J....:. ~ v~.~ '... _ "-;;.--...:::;,r,;,,~... : "",..- \1 _.,'<2'...;:...1 ~.::::. [; 1'. 1.
Page 5 An alternate way to close a n open Application is to ri g ht c lic k over the Ap plic ation icon in the Dock, a nd c hoose Quit from the po p-up menu, Because yo u first closed a ll the o pen windows, the next time you o pen the App licatio n, you will begin with a n empty window, ready to sta rt a new proj ect. If you c lose a ll fl oating menus and toolbars before quitting the Applicatio n, they will still be closed when you next open the A p p lication, If you leave them open, they will be remembered when you reopen the Applic ation the next time, \ \ ' c..c' /_,-'!.,::. \, \_... \'2 "-L: :::'u:g ~~ ". -~._.~'\.. =.=::= -_,~ ~~'y - ~I,--,:: ar"c:j :~~je - ~...::. ""<>...=" "':''::~ c."',,' r"c.((,,:;p.. "' 01"<:3 :;' <:: \,... ;...,er., cou~s S 3r. :. _.~ _"\: '""'... _, -I '~-=.=.~ ': ":J V'~-= ::...;: ~ i3-:;e".-?...!(s ~,.;:,Ac.c ~ I(,C
Page 6 Getting Started with TruE Machine 1. True M Machine offers direct USB communication to select machines. Cha pter 8 in the Getting Started Guide has step-bystep instructions for initiating TruE Machine the Application when not in use. and for quitting 2. To open the Getting Started Guide, click Findef M in the Dock. 3. Select the Columns view 1..- --=-""" 4. Right click the desktop icon in the top center of the FinderTlv1 menu i.:j Desktop and select Home ~ from the pop-up menu. Browse to TruEmbroidery> Guides> User. 5. Select the TruEGettingStartedGuide.pdf. 6. Scroll or page down to page 2, and click the blue link that takes you to Chapter 8. Th e built-in Help system in the Menu bar also has a w ealth of information available at the click of a link, or by typing in the Search box. TruE Stud io Help L.earni ng Center FAQ Keyboard Shortcuts ~~: ~,- '.!.«' '- '\ " - -~. := '. ~ =~:'I=' ~:;. y' -: R..J~,3( d ~/ I C: - :", ' ~,. " _~':;' ::.~:,~-~:.:~- ~;~"s '.'"',' <~,\\ _ >Jxer""'~.L~,-, ";: ' S.sr. _._\.~".~_-:':~ - ~ :..:... ~~ : ::;"-'-:;,'4:" 2 7...-::;,-:' f: ' ' -.~...,s::~ \ ":"<.:. e Irl(.