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These instructions are for Windows XP
If you are purchasing designs from Secrets of Embroidery, you can download them to your computer when you have completed the purchase. Many other websites offer instant download. In some cases designs may be sent to you by email attachment, or mailed on a disk.
Graphics files such as pictures and embroidery designs are large and because of this are usually transferred in zipped files. When a file is zipped it is smaller, therefore it can be sent to you more quickly. If this is the case, you'll need to unzip the file and extract your designs before you can use them.
The procedure is that you must download the ZIP file from the Internet, locate it on your computer, open it, extract the files you want and save them to wherever you keep your embroidery designs. Then when you are ready you would open it into your embroidery program, send it to your machine and then stitch it out. The ZIP file you originally downloaded can be deleted.
Follow these steps to download a ZIP file:
After you start the download a screen will appear asking you what you want to do with the file. Choose Save.
The next screen will ask you to confirm the folder you want to save your file to. It is important to take note of this, so you can locate the file on your computer when the download is complete.
We recommend that you always download your files to the same place. In this example we are using a folder called My Downloaded Files.
Most designs on the Net come in a zipped file so that they'll be quicker to download. Sometimes these files contain more than one design. They have a .ZIP file extension (eg: flower.zip). If you are running Windows XP, you do not need any other program to open them.
Locate the file that you have downloaded and double click on it. The following screen will appear which shows the contents of the zip file. Select the files that you wish to extract from the zip file. In this example we are using a free design file, and we only require the PES format and the PDF file which contains the instructions.Click Extract.
Now choose your destination. In this example we are using a folder called My Embroidery Designs.
When your files have been extracted, which only takes a moment, you can navigate to the the folder you extracted them to, and you will see the embroidery and PDF file inside.
Now you can delete the original ZIP file that you downloaded.
We have a great tutorial available on CD called Connect the Dots which covers the topic of unzipping files in more detail and has many other easy to follow lessons on computer basics. Click here for more details.
If you are using Windows 95 or 98, you will need to use a third-party program such as Winzip to extract your files. Otherwise, the procedure is the same. | 
