Hello, lfrazier has just posted in the Embroidery / How Do I? forum of AmayaUsers Discussion Boards under the title of Share a tip?. This thread is located at http://www.amayausers.com/discussion/showthread.php?5851-Share-a-tip Here is the message that has just been posted: *************** OMG, great tips! I can see my needles better and I have a clean floor! :-) This is a big one and wish I had known back in 2004 when I got my first machine. When doing text in Design Shop (or really any digitizing) I had to over-exaggerate the column width to get a good stitch thickness. The screen version never looked like the sew out. Hugo was here back in the beginning of the year and told me about this. There is a setting in the OS that will help with the "boldness", if you will, of the stitching. Its under settings, then select the settings tab. Its column width adjustment and I had to play with the numbers to see what worked best for me. You can set either a percentage or points. I run my machines with an extra 2 points all of the time and I am SOOOO much happier with the way they sew. My professionally digitized designs even look better. I can now set up text for the way I want the end result to be and then make my adjustments in OS. Thank you Hugo! *************** =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================