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<sect1 id="AddColorDialog" >
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<title>The Add Color Dialog</title>
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The displayed list is all the colors that are currently available for the selected scheme.
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New colors may be added using the 'New Color' button.
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The colors can be selected singularly with the &LMB;, utilising the <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> key to select
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multiple seperate colors, or in groups using the <keycap>Shift</keycap> key.
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If you select a color by accident, you can deselect it using the <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> key and the &LMB;.
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<sect1 id="NewColorDialog" >
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<title>The New Color Dialog</title>
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<imagedata fileref="newcolor.png" format="PNG" />
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The dialog shows the name of the scheme that the new color will be added to. The color requires a name
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and a description, which can be anything you want, although color name will usually be defined by the
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Clicking on the Color button will show a standard KDE color selection dialog. The initial color can be
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selected and then the parameters can be adjusted to give the correct color.
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Once added this new color will be available to be included in your patterns palette via the 'Add Color'
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dialog. It may also be adjusted by using the 'Floss Calibration' dialog.
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<sect1 id="DeleteColorDialog" >
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<title>The Delete Color Dialog</title>
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This is essentially the same as the 'Add Color' dialog, although the 'New Color' button is not
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available. Color selection is the same, but colors that are currently used in the pattern are greyed out
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and are not available for selection.
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<sect1 id="CalibrateDialog" >
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<title>The Floss Calibration Dialog</title>
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<imagedata fileref="calcolor.png" format="PNG" />
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This dialog has two parts.
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On the left, a pick list of the schemes that are currently available along with a list of colors that
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are in that scheme. The color description will be appended with '(Calibrated)' if the color has been
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modified by the current invocation of this dialog.
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On the right, is the name and description of the currently selected color, this will be appended with
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'(Modified)' if the color has been modified, a preview of the color, and the current RGB values for the color.
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Also shown is a 'Reset Color' button. This will reset the currently selected color to the value it had
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when the dialog was first invoked.
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Pressing the 'OK' button will commit all of the changed colors.
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Pressing the 'Cancel' button will restore all the changed colors back to thier original values.
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<sect1 id="ConfigurationDialog" >
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<title>The Configuration Dialog</title>
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<imagedata fileref="config.png" format="PNG" />
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This dialog lets you configure some of the &kapp; display parameters.
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Most of the options are self explanatory. The check boxes enable or disable the display of various
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elements. The pick lists allow selection of the required format of those elements.
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The cell size value is the size of a grid square in screen pixels. The grouping value is the number
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of squares in a major group, ie between the heavier lines. It may be necessary to change the grid line
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colors if you work on dark materials and have set the patterns background color accordingly.
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The scale size is the width of the border in screen pixels. You may need to adjust this if you have
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large patterns and want to see the full text of the scales.
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<sect1 id="ImportImageDlg" >
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<title>The Import Image Dialog</title>
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<imagedata fileref="import.png" format="PNG" />
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On the left of the dialog there is a preview of the imported image, based on the parameters on the right.
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The floss scheme for the finished pattern can be selected, by default this is the same as the 'New
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Pattern Dialog' defaults. The maximum colors to be used for the pattern can be enabled and changed as
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required, by default the imported pattern will have as many colors as are defined in the original image
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that are converted to floss colors.
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The cloth count value defaults to the 'New Pattern Properties' dialog and the scale is set such that
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the final size is as close to the 'New Pattern Properties' pattern size as possible. These values can be
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Clicking 'Import' will convert the image into a pattern.
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<sect1 id="PatternPropertiesDialog" >
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<title>The Pattern Properties Dialog</title>
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<imagedata fileref="properties.png" format="PNG" />
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The pattern size can be defined in units of stitches, centimeters or inches.
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The width and height values will updated automatically to the equivilent size in the new unit type if
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the units type is changed.
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The cloth count is defined in units per centimeter or inches and is dependant on the units of size.
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ie. if CM is selected for the units then cloth count will be in units per centimeter, similarly for inches.
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if the Stitches unit is selected then the cloth count units will remain as the last CM or inches value.
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The Title, Author, Copyright and Fabric fields are free text, so you can enter anything you like
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here. The fabric color can be set by pressing the color button and selecting the required color. This will
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then be shown in the editor and preview windows.
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The floss scheme has a pick list for all the available floss schemes, including any that you have
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The 'Set as default' checkbox will save the current values which will then be used as defaults
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for all new patterns.
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The Instructions tab can be used to enter any specific instructions for sewing the pattern.
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<sect1 id="PatternLibraryDialog" >
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<title>The Pattern Library Dialog</title>
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<imagedata fileref="inslib.png" format="PNG" />
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The Pattern Library Manager has a hierarchical tree view (more of a forest really) of catagories
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on the left with an icon view of the selected catagory of patterns on the right.
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Moving the mouse over one of the pattern icons will pop up a tooltip showing the floss scheme, size
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and number of colors in the library pattern. Currently it is only possible to incorporate library
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patterns of the same scheme as the current pattern.
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Selecting an icon will enable the Insert button, which can then be clicked to insert the library
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pattern. Alternatively the icon can be double clicked to insert it.
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When the dialog has closed, press the &LMB; on the editor window roughly where you want
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the library pattern to be placed. This will show you a preview of the library pattern on the current pattern.
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Move the mouse to adjust the position of the preview, then release the &LMB; to place the
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This method is exactly the same as using the Paste command. Similarly, the pasted pattern will overwrite
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the paste area. Alternatively press the <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> key when releasing the mouse button will merge
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the library pattern with the current pattern.
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When creating a new library pattern, the dialog is essentially the same. The differences are that the
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Insert button has changed to an Add button and the icon view only shows an icon of the pattern being added.
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Navigate through the tree as required and select the catagory that you want to add the new pattern to.
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If you want a new catagory, press the &RMB; and select the 'New Catagory' option from the
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context menu. Fill in the name of the catagory and press OK. If there is no catagory currently selected,
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the new catagory will be a root level catagory, otherwise it will become a child of the catagory currently
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After you have selected the required catagory, press 'Add' and the pattern will be added to that catagory.
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<sect1 id="TextDialog" >
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<title>The Text Dialog</title>
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<imagedata fileref="text.png" format="PNG" />
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The text dialog allows you to select a font and size, then enter the text. Clicking OK closes the
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dialog and returns you to the &kapp; window. Positioning the text is the same as pasting any other
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element. Press the &LMB; on the canvas roughly where you want the text, this will show a preview of
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the text, position the text exactly where you want it, then release the &LMB;
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<imagedata fileref="text1.png" format="PNG" />
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<sect1 id="PrinterDialog" >
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<title>The Printer Dialog</title>
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<imagedata fileref="print.png" format="PNG" />
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The standard &kde; print dialog has been extended with a &kapp; specific page that allows
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the printing of the pattern to be customized to your requirements.
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The possible elements that can be printed are
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<listitem><para>Front page</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Instructions</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Floss key</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>pattern</para></listitem>
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Checkboxes in the dialog allow you to turn on or off any of these elements.
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The front page will show the title of the pattern and the authors name at the top of the page
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if they have been defined. It will show an image of the design in the centre and a copyright
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message at the bottom, if it has been defined.
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<imagedata fileref="front.png" format="PNG" />
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With the floss key you can additionally specify the printing of the floss usage which will
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be shown in metres, this will either be a total for all stitches, or the backstitches can be
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shown as a seperate length, with a with a seperate total. The stitch count for each floss
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can also be printed, either comprehensively with each stitch type totalled seperately or
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the fractional stitches can be combined and totalled together.
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The pattern can be printed on a single sheet, or it will span over as many sheets as
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required. The Grid Squares per Inch and the Minimum Spill Over values can be adjusted to
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give some control over the number of sheets. The stitches can be printed in any of the
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available formats. The backstitches can only be printed as black or coloured lines.
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For patterns that span multiple sheets, a keyplan will be printed in the top right hand
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corner of each sheet.
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