You are a lifesaver. I tried the offset but didn't think to make a compound path especially when the "make compound path" was not activated. I hade to use the bottom toolbar to select all and then "make compund path" and fill. Eureka!!! It worked. Thank you so much for your help....

I am desperate to print a large, black, unfilled circle in Silhouette but am finding it impossible to do that. I have tried every work-around I can think of but it seems Silhouette wants to fill every circle with a colour rather than just outline it. The only thing I can figure to do is buy a sketch...