Thanks, Gary & Angelize.

Hi, Gary. I probably didn't communicate very well. The .xar file opens in Xara, but not the .ai file exported from the .xar file. I often get errors with any kind of .ai or .eps file when attempting to import into Xara. Or maybe you did export the .xar file to .ai, then imported the .ai file back into Xara and it opened. If so, I do have a problem. Maybe I should reinstall ...?

Angelize, I probably will submit PDFs, because the color on the PDF exported from the .xar file is too light, more of a cobalt than a navy. Xara definitely does a nice job of exporting PDFs.

Thanks, everyone. I'm researching where to buy a used or earlier version Illustrator at a good price. That might solve everything. The printer did mention this morning that they use CS5.5.