"I am trying to change colors for some objects but they don’t appear on the color worksheet in the Control Panel."
Colors for multicolor gradient density may only be edited by selecting the pattern fill area and changing its properties. Similarly, the border color for a fill plus border area is on the line tab in the properties box.
"I have inserted a new point and moved an outline but there is still an outline in the old position."
Some functions in the Create toolbars create more than one outline at a time, such as Double and Quadruple Trace. For example, Quadruple Trace puts lines of triple and running stitches directly on top of each other. This means that if you want to add and move a new point to change a Quadruple Trace then you will have to do so twice, once for each of the lines. This could also happen if you used Break Apart on a fill area with border, and then moved one of its points.
"I have pasted a block but it is not the original color."
A color change is only copied when it is part of the selected block. If you paste a block that does not start with a color change then it will use the color that is active at the point where the block is pasted. If you want to preserve the color, either copy the relevant color change or use the FilmStrip to insert the desired color.
"All of my design turned blue when I used Paste into New Window."
Color changes are only transferred if they are within the copied block. If there are no Color changes in a pasted block then all the objects will use the initial thread color for a new design, which is blue.
"I did not select all the objects I wanted with Box, Point or Freehand Select."
Objects must be fully enclosed by the selection line to be selected as part of a block. If even the smallest part of an object is outside the line then it will not be selected.
"I have created a satin border with Satin Trace but I can't change the width of it all at once."
Use the FilmStrip, slider bars and Filters to hide all objects except the satin lines and traveling running stitch used to create the trace. Select any satin line object in the trace, then Control–click in the FilmStrip and select Global Properties. The properties dialog for Satin Line appears. Make adjustments as desired and click OK. The new properties are applied to all visible satin lines.
"Color Tolerance does not show me all the lines that will be traced by a QuickTrace function."
The hatched shading used by Color Tolerance may not show on thin lines that are selected by Color Tolerance. Simply try the QuickTrace function and if the result is not satisfactory then Undo the result and retry the trace with a higher Color Tolerance value.
"There is no underlay under a fill area."
This will happen when you select Gradient or Multi-Gradient Density for a pattern fill area. Underlay stitches are only generated for fill areas with Normal Density selected. This is because the underlay stitching will spoil the effect of Gradient or Multi-Gradient Density.
"How do I change the border color for a fill area?"
The border forms part of a fill area. To change the color of a fill area border, do as follows:
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Select a fill area with a border.
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Control–click the fill area and choose Properties from the context menu.
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Click the Line tab.
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Select Insert Color Change, then click Color Selection
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In the Color Selection dialog select a new thread color for the border.
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Click OK twice to close the Color Selection dialog and the Properties dialog. The fill now has a differently colored border.