Chapter 5: Rotate Tool - Brother BES-100E Workbook

This tool allows you to rotate the various shapes of the design.
To rotate shapes in the design:
1
Click the
Rotate
2
Click the design shapes that you wish to rotate. "Dancing ants" (moving dashes) and a rotation frame
appear around the selected shapes.
3
Do either of the following:
Move the pointer over the rotation indicator in the rotation frame. The pointer changes to small
crosshairs with a swirl (
selected angle appears in the left corner of the status bar.
NOTE: To lock the rotation angle into increments of 45˚, start dragging the rotation indicator, and then
hold down the Shift key.
To set the rotation of the design shape, click outside of the rotation frame.
Press the Enter key. The appropriate
rotation angle in the

Chapter 5: Rotate Tool (

tool ( ) in the
Stock
). Then, drag the rotation indicator to the desired angle. The currently
box, and then click the
Rotation
toolbar.
dialog box appears. On the
Properties
button.
OK
Figure 18
)
tab, type the desired
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