Settings

Working mode

The big switch of Puntotek: it decides what you are designing. It asks for confirmation before switching, because the main screen starts working on something else.

• Graphic design: The usual one: you stitch on fabric, with its aida and its size.
• Font design: The typeface workshop: the fabric becomes the glyph grid and the three limit buttons appear.

Device type

Fits the interface to how you work. It is not only looks: it changes the size of some controls and turns on things that only make sense with a keyboard.

• Computer: Smaller close icons and keyboard shortcut reminders.
• Touch: Everything sized for a finger, with no shortcuts you could not press anyway.

Ruler numbers

The size of the numbers Puntotek leaves around the grid so you know where you are. The smaller they are, the closer together they can sit without piling up — and on works of hundreds of stitches that is welcome.

• Large: Readable from a distance. Good for small works and big screens.
• Medium: The middle ground, and the one that works for almost everything.
• Small: For huge works: they appear more often without covering each other.

Number fade

How long the numbers stay on screen before fading away. It is a matter of taste: some prefer a clean grid, others like the reference always in sight.

• 1 second: One glance and they are gone. The clearest screen.
• 3 seconds: Just enough to look twice.
• 5 seconds: They stay a good while. Handy while you learn to find your way around the work.

Undo steps

How many steps back the history keeps. More steps means more room to change your mind, but also more space taken on the device: each step is saved whole.

• 10 steps: The starting value. Enough for ordinary touching up.
• 20 steps: The middle one, if you tend to try things before making up your mind.
• 30 steps: The maximum, for when you really experiment.
• Warning: Changing this value resets the current history: the work itself is untouched, but whatever you had done up to that point can no longer be undone.

Key reminders

In computer mode, when you press a button that has a keyboard shortcut a little card pops up to remind you (CTRL + Z, ALT + S, P, L…). You get 50 per session and then they go quiet on their own: the idea is that you learn the shortcuts, not that they nag you.

• On: The cards appear while you have reminders left for the session.
• Off: Complete silence. The shortcuts keep working just the same.

The command console

The text field at the bottom takes typed commands (ENTER or its button to run them). They are typed in Spanish, so here they are with what each one does: AYUDA lists the commands, INFO shows the state of the program, LISTA ARCHIVOS lists your files, BORRA name deletes one, CLS clears the screen and BORRA REGISTROS ⚠ wipes everything saved (only use it if you know what you are doing).

The butterflies

The butterflies fluttering across the screen while you stitch. They are decoration, they do nothing to the work, and this button decides how many there are: none, a few, quite a few or plenty. If the screen distracts you or the device is struggling, leave them at zero and that is that.

Unlink this device

Releases this device from your Puntotek account. It asks first, and the notice is worth reading because most people imagine it worse than it is.

• Your local works are kept: Whatever is saved on the device stays where it was. What is cut is the link to the account, not your files.
• You can link it again: With this account or another one. That is exactly what it is for: lending the tablet, switching accounts or clearing a device you will not use any more.
• What you do lose sight of: While it is unlinked, the tabs for your cloud and your licences stay switched off.

Close / Help

Two simple buttons: leave the settings, or open this help page when you need a reminder of a setting.

• Close the settings: Goes back to the canvas keeping whatever you changed.
• Open help: Opens the explanation of the current screen.