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Thanks for the help!! Both work perfectly!!

OK so an old thread and I guess the single posting OP has got it all worked out in the last 14 months. However since the topic came to the top f the pile again, someone else might find it interesting, and in this case, a new graduate wanting confirmation that they will be able to do some basic CAD in their first job..... yes you can. Employers arn't stupid, A look at the CV will show limited CAD experience but a degree / last year of a degree course shows an ability to learn and they is what they look for. A foolish employer would expect a new graduate to walk in on a Monday morning, draw out a design for a waste water plant, overhaul the company CAD standards and perhaps knock out a few killer LISPS on the lunchbreak. No, they will take you on expecting to make a loss on project fees from you and the supervision required but with the expectation that you will learn, in 3 or 4 months break even with the fees, and within a year be making a profit for them, and then to remember them well, stick about and keep earning them money for the next few years. When it comes to learning, you can learn which buttons to press quick enough from a book, from a youtube, or from last years graduate looking over your shoulder, that is the easy part. Learning on the job is the only way to do the real learning, how to read an engineers hand writing, what they mean when they say "Just put a thing here for me", company styles, technical terminology for your industry, where blocks and references are saved, what projects are good to borrow from, and even more important in the first job, do you talk to the reception staff, the cleaners, the building management or the Starbucks waitress to get the office gossip. But....first job, they don't expect you to be a polished superuser, just be polite able to learn and limit yourself to 1 mistake (not repeating the same one over and over), the employer understands the rest.

I created a new thread in the AutoCAD Drawing Management & Output Forum. Can you post an image of the files in the folder? Are you sure one of the files isn't just a .bak? To create a new thread click the green "Start new topic" button, near the top right of most forums here.