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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
A Layout Image contains the final version of your selected pattern pieces as they appear in Details Mode. It does not include internal hatch marks, points, or point labels.<br/>
A Layout Image contains the final version of your selected pattern pieces as they appear in Detail Mode. It does not include internal hatch marks, points, or point labels.<br/>

FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, select from pre-defined sheet paper, roll paper, or you can create a custom size.<br/>
Your paper selection creates the background size for the Layout Image.
Each Layout Image has a background size that determines how the pattern pieces will be placed, and how many sheets are included in the Layout Image.
The background size is NOT USUALLY the paper size in your printer's paper tray.<br/>
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, the Layout Image background size can be selected from pre-defined sheet paper sizes, roll paper sizes, or you can create a custom size.<br/>

The background size is NOT REQUIRED to be your printer's paper size.<br/>
The background size must be big enough to hold your largest pattern piece.
The background size must be big enough to hold your largest pattern piece.
A multisheet Layout Image is created when the background size can hold your largest pattern piece but can't hold ALL pattern pieces.
A multisheet Layout Image is created when the background size can hold your largest pattern piece but can't hold ALL pattern pieces.
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* across multiple sheets of paper:
* across multiple sheets of paper:
** as a tiled PDF if your single sheet Layout Image is bigger than your printer paper,
** as a tiled PDF if your single sheet Layout Image is bigger than your printer paper,
** or if your multisheet Layout Image fits within your printer paper
** as shown in your multisheet Layout Image if each sheet matches or is smaller than your printer paper


== Create a Layout Image ==
== Create a Layout Image ==