Thank you for all your responses! It appears that the problem is resolved! I am not entirely sure which attempt to resolve worked, but I believe this might be what it was: yes, they were braille 2000 files saved as either brf or abt...when i opened and then did a 'save as' as a dxb file, it seemed to be what finally allowed me to emboss correctly. thanks again j Judi Biller Library of Congress Certified Braille Transcriber San Diego County Office of Education North Coastal Consortium for Special Education Program for Visually Impaired Laurel School 1410 Laurel Street Oceanside, CA 92058 760-757-9466 FAX 760-439-7735 (\o/) /_\ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ