This message was posted by Juli in Kona on AmayaUsers.com. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY VIA EMAIL. Instead, respond to the thread on the WEBSITE by clicking here: http://www.amayausers.com/boards/ultimatebb.php?/topic/3/372.html#000007 The DS program can open almost any embroidery file. When I buy a design, especially a big design with many color changes, I usually just buy pes so that I don't have to have another file with the color list. They run fine. This is true for DS V7 and V9. But your question was can you open it up and looks at the structure. The answer is usually no. It all looks like one huge element per color. It is difficult to change sizes or change anything because it will not add or subtract stitches. Dakota Collectibles has the ofm format. But even there you may not get a "native" ofm format, But, I believe all their new designs are "native" ofm - that is they have actually been digitized in DS. But all their old designs have been converted from whatever to ofm. I mostly digitize my own stuff and thereby avoid all these problems. But I do buy way too many designs! Just can't halp myself! Juli in Kona =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================