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Making your embroidery hobby even easier!

BuzzXplore® Embroidery Edition, Buzz Tools®' full featured embroidery design organization program, now writes SHV formatted diskettes for direct use in the embroidery machines that support them. The multi-function holding area of the program was originally designed to interface directly with the BuzzBox® embroidery card reader / writer. The newest version of BuzzXplore® expands the abilities of the holding area to make creating formatted SHV diskettes quick and easy for even beginner embroidery hobbyist.

“Buzz Tools software programs have been developed to simplifying the everyday tasks of the machine embroiderer” said Lisa Laufer Hilmes, CEO and founder of Buzz Tools, Inc. “Adding this feature provides our users with an affordable way to get designs to their SHV machines and provides yet another feature our customers have been asking for.”

It only takes a few steps to write a SHV diskette with the new version of BuzzXplore®. First, select the design(s) to stitch in the display pane and click the "Copy to Holding Area" button. Next, click the "Write to Card" button and follow the on-screen wizard. The diskette is correctly formatted for the SHV embroidery machine and the designs are written to it - converted and unzipped at the same time if needed! The designs can also be read back to the computer using an easy on-screen wizard.

In addition, the latest version of BuzzXplore® include a "Tip of the Day" which highlights different program functions and supplements the programs online help and user manual. With an active internet connection, users can check for program updates and install them in one easy step.

To see how BuzzXplore® works, Buzz Tools offers a free full-featured demo at www.buzztools.com. In addition, current BuzzXplore® users can visit the website and download a free update. A special upgrade version for Buzz Tools Plus owners is also available for purchase. BuzzXplore® is available from local dealers, off the buzztools.com website or by calling 1-888-437-6445.

Buzz Tools latest release of the easy-to-use embroidery design management program Buzz Tools Plus includes new and updated design file formats, improved simple-to-use task wizards and a new fast access menu button bar. Buzz Tools Plus displays embroidery designs in a catalog format, unzips and converts them to other embroidery formats, opens them into embroidery software on-the-fly and more!

Buzz Tools Plus has been the machine embroiderers faithful friend since 1997 and the new version keeps the streamlined interface that thousands of customers told us was “SO EASY!!” said Lisa Laufer Hilmes, CEO and founder of Buzz Tools, Inc. “We carefully added the new features and formats without changing the way the program looks and feels."

With the latest version of Buzz Tools Plus, users can quickly page through their catalog or begin one of the popular BuzzTools wizards (embroidery conversion, unzipping or printing) with a simple click of the mouse on the new menu button bar. Select a design and click on the BuzzEdit menu button to open the selected design into the free color editor or the full version of BuzzEdit if installed. Instant open support is also provided for owners of BuzzSize and the BuzzBox.

Other new features include the ability to remember the last catalog that was viewed, listing “My Documents” as a virtual drive location in the select files dialog, and the realistic 3D viewing & printing of embroidery designs in actual size. Version 4 also integrates the stitch processor of BuzzSize during the conversions if this program is detected.

Enhanced help and support features include quick start how-to videos demonstrating the basic program functions to supplement the program’s documentation. With an active internet connection, users can check for program updates and install them in one easy step.

To see how Buzz Tools Plus works, Buzz Tools? offers a free full-featured demo at www.buzztools.com. Buzz Tools Plus is available from local dealers, off the buzztools.com website or by calling 1-888-437-6445.

Buzz Tools latest release of the easy-to-use embroidery editing software BuzzEdit includes a long list of powerful new features including digitizing, auto hooping and more.

With BuzzEdit, embroiderers can easily edit their stitch based designs, doing anything from simple color changes to more complicated operations such as cutting and pasting together different design elements. Plus, BuzzEdit allows home hobbyists to lay out large designs for standard, giant or custom multi-hoops, and BuzzEdit™ prints multi-hoop placement templates.

Now with the latest version of BuzzEdit, users can digitize designs using a number of manual punching tools and background graphics. Digitizing tools can create closed shapes such as ellipses, rectangles, columns, and custom which can be used to create new objects or holes in existing stitching. Open shapes can also be created using a number of available stitch types.

Embroidery hobbyists will also enjoy the new powerful auto-hooping tool that automatically splits a design into sections for multiple hoopings. Alternatively, users can slice designs manually using the slice tool when absolute control in needed. Other tools for multi-hooping include an alignment line insertion tool, custom multi-hoops for manual hooping and fully adjustable hoop positions for the multi-hoops that support them.

BuzzEdit provides key layout features including grids, background colors and graphics. The background graphic can be printed in mirror image with design placement dots for use as an iron-on transfer for mixed media embroidery projects.

"With the latest version of BuzzEdit, Buzz Tools has introduced a truly affordable design editing and creation software program. BuzzEdit provides embroidery capabilities that offer exciting possibilities for the home hobbyist.” said Lisa Laufer, CEO and founder of Buzz Tools, Inc. “However, unlike many other software programs in this category, it is also remarkably easy to use."

BuzzEdit’s patented Stitches-In-Time display provides a unique timeline view of designs where users can select different elements to manipulate independently from the rest of the design. The Stitches-In-Time? display also makes it easy to locate and select different types of stitching, change stitch order, and analyze design elements.

The user-friendly software is easy for anyone with basic Windows experience and is compatible with most Windows-based operating systems. BuzzEdit version 2 reads and write the stitch-based design formats of most home embroidery machines such as: PES and PEC – Baby Lock / Bernina Deco / Brother / Simplicity / White, HUS and VIP – Viking Husqvarna, PCS and VIP – Pfaff, SEW and JEF – Janome New Home / Elna, EMD – Elna Xpressive, XXX – Singer PSW / Compucon, CSD – Poem / Singer EU / Viking Huskygram, EXP – DOS Expanded; DST – Tajima. It also imports the following condensed and machine formats: ART – Bernina Artista, GNC – Great Notions, OEF – OESD Condensed, CND – Melco Condensed, SHV – Viking Designer machines, and PHC – Brother machines

BuzzEdit version 2 is available this fall and has a suggested retail price of $189.95. Current BuzzEdit customers can upgrade to BuzzEdit version 2 at special upgrade price of just $89.95. BuzzEdit customers who purchased BuzzEdit version 1 after January 15, 2003, are eligible to receive BuzzEdit version 2 FREE for a limited time only. Upgrade requests must be made on the web and restrictions apply.

To see how BuzzEdit works, Buzz Tools offers a free demo at www.buzztools.com (available Fall 2003). This fully functional program demonstrates all of BuzzEdit’s functions except the ability to save or print a design. BuzzEdit is available from local dealers, off the buzztools.com website or by calling 1-888-437-6445.

With the BuzzBox embroidery transfer system, embroidery hobbyists can transfer digitized designs to the high capacity re-writable memory card (included). The design transfer system reads pre-programmed embroidery cards, embroidery designs downloaded from the internet or purchased on CD's or Floppies. For PES or HUS formatted embroidery machines.

“The BuzzBox provides embroidery hobbyists with the best of both worlds.” says Lisa A. Laufer, Founder and CEO of Buzz Tools Inc. “The BuzzBox combines the highly reliable reader / writer box hardware manufactured by Vikant Corporation with a specially designed Buzz Tools card writing software to provide embroidery hobbyists with the fastest and easiest method for transferring embroidery designs to their PES or HUS formatted embroidery machines. “

The BuzzBox supports PES Formatted Embroidery Machines: Brother, Baby Lock, Bernina Deco, Simplicity, and White 3300 machines and HUS Formatted Embroidery Machines (all Viking except Designer 1 Series). It writes any number of designs on the high capacity 1 MB re-writable card (not software limited).

The BuzzBox is available this fall and has a suggested retail price of $229.95.