more) designs can then be saved as a combined design.

When you insert a design in another, the two color palettes are combined. Colors with the same RGB values are automatically identified as having the same thread color. If you want to preserve these as separate colors, you need to change one or other before merging. See Modifying colorways for details.

To combine designs
Open the first design.
Travel to the position in the stitching sequence where you want to insert the design. See Viewing the stitching sequence for details.
You can insert a design between objects in the sequence, or 'nest' the design within an object. See Nesting objects for details.

Select Insert > Embroidery File.
To select a design from any available DOS drive, select DOS Disk.
To select a design from an embroidery disk, select Embroidery Disk.
The Open dialog opens.

From the Look In dropdown list, select the folder where the design you want to insert is stored, and select the required format from the Files of type dropdown list.
Select the design file to insert, and click Open.
The design is inserted at the current needle position.

Move the second design into the required position.
See Positioning objects for details.

To ensure that all the objects in the inserted design stay together, group the design while working with it. See Grouping and ungrouping objects

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