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 Volume 6, No. 1, Spring/Summer 1999 View Other Floppy Gazettes |
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CONTENTS: Announcements - EQ4 Simplified - Mailbox - Fabric Scanning Tips - ClubEQ - Ask EQ - Show & Tell - Recognizing EQ Designers - Other Uses for EQ4 - Web Sightings. ![[EQ the Mouse]](../../images/eqfiles.gif)
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EQ: Since we introduced the Electric Quilt 4, EQ has been one busy mouse. We hope he answers some of your questions on the following two pages. For more frequently asked questions, see "Tech Support" on our Web site. Q: How can I rotate a block on layers 2 or 3? I made the Amish quilt following the recipe in the cookbook (p. 156). I decided to add on by placing a stencil block on Layer 3, but it is a square. How can I make my stencil an on-point square so it matches the quilt center? A: When working on layers 2 or 3 on any quilt layout (or layer 1 on a Country Set Quilt) it is extremely helpful to use two different tools. The first is the Graph Pad located at the bottom of the screen under the quilt tabs. If you do not see the Graph Pad, click on View in the main menu and click on Graph Pad. Second, you must use the Adjust tool. With the Adjust tool selected and the Graph Pad showing, click on the stencil block (a frame will surround it). On the Graph Pad there is a circle made with an arrow that is not closed, it represents the rotation of the block. To the right of the circle is the degree to which the block is rotated and to the right of that number are arrow buttons to change the degree. Click on the right-arrow button until you get to 45. Notice your block has rotated to a perfect on-point square! Q: How can I use Sew Precise and BlockBase blocks in EQ4? A: If you own other Electric Quilt products: BlockBase, Sew Precise Collections 1&2, Sew Precise Collection 3 Shirley Liby Designs, you can choose to have all the blocks from these programs appear in the Block Library of EQ4. This requires that you run the installation a second time to link these files to EQ4. IMPORTANT: Be certain to choose the same destination folder the second time you run the setup as you do the first time. (In other words, be sure you know where you put the other program on your computer. You need the correct "address" or EQ4 can't find the block files.) 1. Put the EQ4 CD in the drive and follow the installation instructions, as if you were reinstalling EQ4 just as you installed it the first time. But this time, when you get the Setup Options dialog, choose "Link EQ4 to other EQ programs." 2. Choose the products you have installed on your computer and the location of the files. (Remember: you need to tell EQ4 the correct location or this link will not work.) 3. When you have completed the installation a second time, start EQ4. If you receive the message, "EQ4\RES\DEFAULT1.PJ4 contains an invalid path." This means that the second time you ran the installation, you did not choose the same destination folder as you did the first time. Run the installation program again choosing the same path as the original installation. 4. After you have successfully completed the setup to link the programs, open the EQ4 Block Library. You will see the other EQ products listed. 5. Double-click on the book to open the files and then open the pages to see the blocks. These blocks do not appear in their original fabric colorings. They appear in random solid colors ready for you to use in EQ4. NOTE: If the book appears with the product name but does not open when you double-click on it, then you need run the setup again making sure that you choose the correct location (path) to the files. Q: I get the message "Library Files are corrupted." What should I do? A: If you receive the message, "Library file data is corrupt." After linking EQ4 to BlockBase, it means that EQ4 is having difficulty reading the BlockBase files. To correct this, do the following, following either the Quick Steps, or Detailed Steps. Quick Steps: 1. Find the LIB folder inside the BB1 folder. 2. Rename the folder LIBB. 3. Then create a new folder giving it the original name of LIB. 4. Copy all of the files from the LIBB folder into the LIB folder. That's it. You're done. Detailed Steps: Use these steps (which show you each step needed in order to do the Quick Steps) if you do not understand how to do the Quick Steps above. 1. Close EQ4 if you have it open. 2. At the Windows desktop, double-click on My Computer. 3. Double-click on the C: drive. A new window will open showing all the folders on the C drive. 4. Find the BB1 folder and double-click on it. A window will open showing all the files and folders inside the BB1 folder. You should see a folder called LIB. 5. Click once on the LIB folder to select it. A highlight will appear behind the letters LIB. 6. Click on File on the main menu bar of this window. 7. Choose Rename. This will put a rectangular box surrounding the letters LIB indicating you are in "edit mode." 8. Type the name LIBB. Now the folder is renamed. You need to copy the files that are inside this folder. 9. Double-click on the LIBB folder. A window will open showing all the files inside the folder. 10. Click on Edit on this window's main menu bar. 11. Click Select All. You will see all the names of the files become highlighted. 12. Click on Edit on the main menu bar. 13. Click Copy. You won't see anything happening, but all the files have been copied to the Window's clipboard (a place for temporary storage). 14. Close this window by clicking on the X in the upper right corner of the window. (Don't close My Computer - so on some computers you may need to click the Up Folder icon or the Back Arrow button rather than clicking the X.) Now you will be looking at the BB1 window again. You should see BB1 on the title bar of the window. 15. Click on File on the main menu bar of this window. 16. Point to New and choose Folder. A new folder will appear. If you don't see it right away, you may need to make the window bigger or use the scroll bar to scroll the view so you can see it. 17. When you find the new folder, it will be highlighted and in edit mode ready to be renamed. The current name will be NEW FOLDER. (If it is not highlighted with the rectangular box around it indicating edit mode, click on the folder to select it and choose Rename from the File menu.) 18. Name this new folder LIB. 19. Double-click on the new LIB folder to open it. A new window will appear. There are no files in the folder yet so the window is empty. 20. Click on Edit on the main menu bar of this window. 21. Click on Paste. The files you copied in step # 13 will be pasted into the folder. 22. Click on the X in the upper right corner of this window and all other windows open in the background until you are back to the Windows desktop. 23. Start EQ4. 24. Click on Libraries on the main menu - click on Block Library. You should no longer see any error message. When you click on the BlockBase book, 20 books should appear. Q: I've used a certain blue in my quilt. How can I find that blue again in the palette? A: Do a color search. Here's how: 1. With a colored block or quilt on the worktable, click on the Spraycan tool. 2. Click on a colored patch in the block or quilt. 3. EQ4 will find that color or fabric in the Fabrics & Colors palette. CONTENTS: Announcements - EQ4 Simplified - Mailbox - Fabric Scanning Tips - ClubEQ - Ask EQ - Show & Tell - Recognizing EQ Designers - Other Uses for EQ4 - Web Sightings. |
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