The file will open in EQ7, ready for you to recolor or edit.
Open one of the PJ7 files right from the folder by double clicking on it. Okay, time for the part that has me all giddy! You can move multiple files at the same time by holding the Ctrl button down and clicking on each file, then moving them as described above. Another option is to right click on the file, select “Cut”, open the folder, and right click and select “Paste”.
This can be a problem if you accidentally “drop” the file while dragging – it could end up somewhere you don’t want. To move a file into a folder, you can click, hold and drag the file until the cursor is over the folder, then let go. If you don’t know what folder it belongs in, you can move it later, too. Once your folders are created, you can move the EQ7 files into the appropriate folder. You can even create folders inside of folders if you’d like. (In XP you can right click in an empty space and select New then New Folder.)Ī new folder will appear and you can type in the name of your folder. Just remember: Anything that isn’t in the main PJ7 folder will not be seen in the EQ Existing Files window (first image above).įirst, while in the PJ7 window, click New Folder at the top center of your screen. The easiest way to keep these organized is to move them into folders. I also have a whole group of easy quilts that I created for my aunt’s charitable group. For me, however, I like to keep the magazine and book projects separate from the ones that I designed myself. You may decide that this step isn’t necessary. Creating subfolders is the first step in organizing your projects. By the way – if you haven’t set up subfolders yet, you won’t see the additional folders like my screen shots show.
(In XP you will select Thumbnails or Tiles, I think.) Although all of the icons look the same right now, it will make sense later. Click the View button indicated by the red arrow and select Large Icons. Or you may see some combination of the two. Or you may see icons that all look the same… (In XP, you’ll go to My Documents, then My EQ7, then PJ7.)ĭepending on how you have the folder set to view, you may see a list of documents… Double click on Documents to open that folder, and then My EQ7 to open that folder, and finally double click on PJ7 to open that folder.
Electric quilt version 7 windows#
(In XP you can double click on My Computer or right click on the Start button at the bottom left and choose Windows Explorer.)Ĭlick this icon and it takes you to the Libraries folder. If you hover over it for a moment, it tells you it’s called Windows Explorer. At the bottom left of your screen is a folder icon. I’ll try to include notes about Windows XP for those who are still using that operating system.įirst, let’s talk about navigating through the folders and files in Microsoft.
Electric quilt version 7 windows 7#
My screen shots are in Windows 7 and the instructions are for Windows 7. Windows 7 looks different from the older version of Microsoft Windows, but in this case especially, it works in your favor. Besides, I have a better way of doing it! This means your projects won’t be listed under Existing Projects when you open EQ7, but you can still find them by clicking the folder to open a project not listed. If you like, you can create sub folders to organize your files. Also, you don’t have to keep all of your projects in a giant list within the PJ7 folder. You can navigate to the folder that the projects are stored in and double click the project to open it. You don’t have to open EQ7 and then open the project. I jumped right over to EQ to see if it worked and – joy! – it does. While I was reading an Electric Quilt message board, someone posed this very problem, and a possible solution occurred to me. After a while, we’ve accumulated so many EQ projects that it’s hard to find anything anymore. If you’re like me, you spend as much time on EQ7 as you do actually sewing quilts, maybe even more. Maybe (probably) I’m not the first person to think of this, but I’m so pleased with the results that I want to share it anyway.
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