To start using BERNINA Embroidery Software, you need to know the basic procedures, such as starting up, opening and creating designs, and saving. Once you start BERNINA V9, you use commands or icons, and dialogs to complete your tasks. You select commands in the same way as other MS Windows® applications – from menus or toolbars.
BERNINA V9 opens a range of native ART files, as well as some other embroidery file formats, from computer hard disk, USB stick, or CD-ROM. BERNINA V9 gives you a wide range of standard factory-supplied hoops to select from. Grid lines help you accurately align or size embroidery objects. The most important dialog in BERNINA V9 is the Object Properties dialog. This and the Effects dialog are ‘modeless’, meaning that they stay on the workspace as long as you need them.
Note This section describes how to start BERNINA V9 and access the available commands and tools. It covers basic procedures to do with opening, creating and saving design files. It explains how to activate hoops and grids and it covers accessing object properties.
