thanks i'll try that...but you can tell me how to flatten the layers and then resize it? sorry im a photoshop user and this is my first dabbling with illustrator...just trying to get my sign done w/out having to pay someone else!

Thanks so much

I'm' trying to design an outdoor sign for a business....24'X180' and for some reason illutstrator will only let me go so big for the font..it says a maximum of 1296pt but obviously i need to go bigger...do you k,now why its limiting me??

Please help and thank you ahead of time

sabrina