This message was posted by ckramer 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/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/topic/3/758.html#000002 I saved it as an OFM file Jerome. I've had this happen before, although not often. Could the artwork be corrupted? (We do have security set up in the company) Or would a large file complicate things? Obviously I reduced the size to fit into the appropriate hoop size for which it is being digitized before starting the digitizing process. Just can't quite figure out DS once in awhile when it does strange things like this out of the blue. It happens occassionally when using the "operations" to change lets say, a sinleline to a column 1. Most often it let's me without a problem, but then again, I can have it do it on one side of a design, but not allow me to do it on the other side which is exactly the same. That's when the frustration sets in. Makes no sense to me. I just am wondering if there is a cause that can be remedied for these occassional occurances. It has been suggested to not use the auto save function, but eek, I don't know that I like that idea either. I' ve tried changing how often it does the auto save. What is a good time to set that at? Design is now done, just started over. =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================