mySewnet Embroidery Terms and Conventions

On-screen pointers

The mouse pointer is most commonly shown as an arrow on the screen.

The following pointers are also used:

	I-beam	Used when entering text, e.g. in the Notes dialog.
	Move	A four-headed arrow is used when the pointer is over the selection box for one or more embroideries, or when Move Background is selected.
	Move crop area	A hand is used when moving the crop area in the Rotate and Crop Picture page of some assistants.
	Zoom To Rectangle	Used to drag an area to zoom in to.
	Adjust/Resize	A diagonal double-headed arrow is used when the pointer is over the square corner handle for a selection box, lettering, a SuperDesign, or a frame. It is also used when moving a crop line in the Rotate and Crop Picture page of some assistants.
	Rotate	Used when the pointer is over the Rotate handle on a selection box.
	Circle Size	Used when the pointer is over the square green adjustment handle for circular lettering types.
	Horizontal	A horizontal double-headed arrow is used when the pointer is over the flip horizontal handle on a selection box.
	Vertical	A vertical double-headed arrow is used when the pointer is over the flip vertical handle on a selection box.
	Box Select	The Box Select pointer appears when Box Select is chosen. It also appears when ExpressDesign into Rectangle or PhotoStitch into Rectangle is chosen in the assistants.
	Freehand Select	The Freehand Select pointer appears when Freehand Select is chosen.
	Point Select	The Point Select pointer appears when Point Select is chosen.
	Pick Color	The Pick Colors pointer appears when picking colors from a picture for thread colors in the Choose Thread Colors page of the ExpressDesign or PhotoStitch Assistants.
	Measure	The Measure pointer appears when the Get Length function is selected.
	Insert Stop	The Insert Stop pointer appears when inserting a Stop command.