Allows you to select regions of your chart. Usually select is used with other tools, for instance, to select a region and then copy and paste it to another location.

To select an area of the chart, left-click on one corner, drag to the opposite corner of the area and release the mouse button.

To add additional regions to your selection, hold the Control key and select another area. New areas can overlap or be separate from your initial selection. This makes it possible to select areas which are not rectangular or connected.

Once you have an area selected, right-click on it to see a menu with the functions that you can apply to it. In addition to the cut, copy and paste functions, there are options to:

• Replace yarns and stitches within the selection.
• Draw a border around the selection.
• Create a new chart from the selection.
• Repeat the selection in the written instructions.
• Omit the selection from the written instructions.

Draw Freehand

The basic draw tool. Draws the selected yarn and stitch wherever you click on the chart. Click and drag to create a continuous line of stitches.

Draw Line

Draws a straight line. Click where you want the line to begin, drag to where you want it to end, and release the mouse button.

Draw Rectangle

Draws an unfilled rectangle. Click where you want one corner of the rectangle to be, and drag to where you want the opposite corner and release the mouse button.

Draw Filled Rectangle

Draws a filled rectangle. Again, click where you want one corner to be, and drag to the opposite corner.

Fill

Fills all cells in a connected region with the selected yarn and stitch. Click inside the area you want to fill.

Erase

Erases stitches. This is identical to drawing with the no-stitch.

Rotate 90 Degrees Counter Clockwise

Copies the selected region of stitches and rotates it by 90 degrees counter clockwise. The rotated copy will follow your cursor around the chart until you click the mouse button to place it.

Rotate 180 Degrees

Rotates a selected region of stitches 180 degrees. Works the same way as the rotate 90 degrees tool, but rotates 180 degrees.

Rotate 90 Degrees Clockwise

Rotates a selected region of stitches 90 degrees clockwise.

Horizontal Flip

Copies the selected region of stitches and flips it horizontally. The flipped copy follows your cursor around the chart until you click the mouse button to place it. Mirrors directional stitches such as decreases, increases and cables horizontally as well (for instance, k2tog flips to ssk).

Vertical Flip

Flips the selected region of stitches vertically. Works like the horizontal flip tool, but flips vertically.

Crop

Reduces the size of the chart to just the selected region. To use the crop tool, first select the region you want to crop to and then press the crop button. Your chart will be reduced to just the region you selected.

Zoom

Zooms in or out, making the chart appear larger or smaller. Clicking the left mouse button zooms in...

And clicking the right mouse button zooms out.

Zoom to Fit

Zooms the chart to best fit the edit window.

Zoom to Height

Zooms the chart to fit it vertically within the edit window.

Zoom to Width

Zooms the chart to fit it horizontally within the edit window.

Cut

Removes a region of stitches from the chart, copies them to the clipboard, and replaces them with no-stitches. Select the stitches you want to cut, and press the Cut button. Alternatively, you can press Ctrl-X on the keyboard.

Copy

Copies the selected region of stitches to the clipboard. Select the stitches you want to copy and press the Copy button. Alternatively, you can press Ctrl-C on the keyboard.

Paste

Pastes the stitches on the clipboard to the chart. If you have already cut or copied stitches, press the the paste button, or alternatively Ctrl-V on the keyboard. The pasted stitches will follow your cursor around the chart until you click to place them.

Undo

Reverts your last chart edit.

Redo

Redoes the last chart edit you have undone.