Embird Quick Viewer

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

The following tutorial explains how to use the Embird Quick Viewer in conjunction with the Total Commander application. Before you start to use this feature, you must first download and install the Total Commander application on your PC.

Note: Total Commander is a standalone file manager for Windows similar to Windows Explorer. It is developed by Christian Ghisler, who is not affiliated with Embird. More information, a demo, registration, and support for Total Commander are available at http://www.ghisler.com

1 - Run Embird; it will start in "Manager" mode.

2 - Click the "Options -> Iconizer Settings" menu. A dialog box will appear on the screen, containing the "Enable Viewer for Total Commander" option (Picture No. 1). Set this option to ON to enable the Embird Quick Viewer for all extensions selected in the upper list (which also specifies the extensions that are handled by Embird after a double-click in Microsoft® Windows® Explorer - see also the Iconizer tutorial). Click the "OK" button to confirm the new settings.

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3 - If you are going to launch Total Commander from Embird for the very first time, you must specify the location of this application so that Embird is capable of launching it. Select the "Options -> Plug-ins Paths" menu; this will display a dialog box on the screen, in which you can specify the path to the Total Commander application (Picture No. 2). Click the "OK" button to confirm the new settings.

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4 - Click the "Launch Total Commander" menu to start the Total Commander application (Picture No. 3).

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5 - The Total Commander window will appear on the screen (Picture No. 4). The currently chosen folder in Embird's Right Panel will be automatically opened in the right panel of Total Commander (in this example, it is the "C:\Program Files\EMBIRD32\FILES" folder).

6 - Move the mouse pointer to the name of the file that you want to open in Embird Quick Viewer and click the left mouse button to focus this file. In this example, it is the "DAFFODIL.DST" file (Picture No. 4).

Picture No. 4

7 - Press the "F3" key on the keyboard, or click the "F3 View" button located at the bottom of the Total Commander window. This will display the focused file in the Embird Quick Viewer window (Picture No. 5). To close this window, press the "ESC" key on the keyboard.

Picture No. 5

8 - Press the "Ctrl+Q" key combination on the keyboard, or choose the "Show > Quick View Panel" menu. This will display the quick view of the focused file in the opposite panel (Picture No. 6). To close this panel, press the "Ctrl+Q" key combination on the keyboard again.

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9 - Select the "Show > Thumbnail View" menu to display the thumbnails of embroidery designs (Picture No. 7).

Picture No. 7

10 - Use the "Show > Custom Column Mode" menu to configure the panel with your custom columns (Picture No. 8). The Embird plug-in for Total Commander, "embirdcx", allows you to add the following columns: "Width", "Height", "Stitches", "Colors", "Thread changes", "Hoop width", and "Hoop height".

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