Are you opening from the Amaya work screen? We've had luck using the open button next to the Load button which brings up the design window and loads the design. we have definitely done this in the past so it should work. Make sure that in the drop down list under the file name window that you don't have one of the other formats selected, like .OMF or .EXP, make sure to change it to "All Formats" that way you can see all your choices. If that doesn't work, I remember in the install there was a window where you could choose all the formats that would be utilized by the Amaya programming. When we did it we selected all of them but it was probably the default. if you didn't by chance, you may have to re-install it so the software knows its OK to use different formats than the native .OMF files. Good Luck Ron Vinyard Owner / Graphic Designer Body Cover / Magic Stitches 420 S.W. "H" Street Grants Pass, OR 97526-2532 1-888-435-0176 1-541-471-1504 Fax 541-471-0427 www.bodycoverdesign.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lora Cameron" <Lcameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Amayausers" <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 1:01 PM Subject: [amayausers] Condensed Designs Hi all, I have the Design Shop program that came with our Amayas. I have a bunch of Dakota designs that are in the condensed format. I'm not able to open them. Is there a secret to this? Please help! Lora Cameron Sport Products Mfd., Ltd. 4756 Murphy Road Oregon, WI 53575 608=835-5791 www.sportproducts.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: amayausers-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: amayausers-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx