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Enable Balloon Help
Use Enable Balloon Help to toggle context-sensitive balloon hints off or on. While this
option is turned on, you can learn the name of any functioning button by resting the
pointer over the button for a second without clicking on it.
Check For Updates
Use Check For Updates to connect directly to the Cricut webpage to upload new fonts
and software updates. An active Internet connection is required for this option.
Store Locator
Use Store Locator to connect directly to the Cricut Store Locator webpage. An active
Internet connection is required for this option.
Update Cricut Firmware
Use Update Cricut Firmware to have the Cricut DesignStudio automatically update
your Cricut machine’s rmware to the most recent version. Be sure to have your Cricut
machine connected to your computer before performing the update. After selecting the
Update Cricut Firmware option, follow the instructions that come up. This updating process
can take around 5 to 10 minutes to complete.
Help
Use Help to nd links to resources and information that can answer that burning Cricut
DesignStudio question you might have.
About
Use About to see information about your current version of the Cricut DesignStudio program.
Tips and Tricks
In an attempt to be helpful, let’s run through some basic Cricut DesignStudio functions and
see if we aren’t all the better for it once we emerge, older and wiser, on the other side.
Working with Cartridge Sets
Remember, you can view all content, and even design layouts with all content, but you can
only cut characters from the cartridges you own. Hopefully, this feature will be useful when
you want to identify your favorite chracters, or when you’re shopping for particular content.
Working with Images
The on-screen cutting mat is your palette. The only limitation to the imagery you can
concoct is the size of the mat. Letters can be mixed with numbers, fonts sets with shape
sets, sizes with positions, welds with ips, and chaos with order. Layouts can be devised
with robotic laser-like precision, each page more orderly and balanced than the last,
or they can be stumbled-upon through playful practice, with unre lated images splash-
ing together to create unexpected treasure-troves of style and beauty. Mix it up. You’ll
discover more.
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