Hmmm, not sure exactly what you are looking at...perhaps a screen shot would help...

In Manager, go to view at the top of the screen....click on it and in the drop down menu, unclick commands....that should take care of it

Thank you Sewdoctor for your help. I did what you suggested but I don't have a view tab in Manager.

The colours stops are just annoying, as before I have no idea what I have done.

Not sure what you are seeing, but try this: In manager, click "Options" in the tool bar, then "show", play around with the various options to see if any get rid of the annoying view. Hugs, Cece

Well, in trying to help you... I did not have the thread colors showing in the preview window on the right side of Manager...I went to Options to see if I could figure out what you were seeing... I de-selected "Hide Main Toolbar" and the thread colors showed up next to the image in the preview box on the right side...Thought I had it figured out...UNTIL I went back and re-selected the Main Toolbar.. thought the thread colors would disappear... BUT they are still there... so now I am in the same boat as you are... I can't get them to go away...

Okay... got it... Go to Options, Iconizer Settings, uncheck Color List on the right hand side... It will not affect the current design, refresh your screen or select another design to preview and the color thread list should be gone.....