I had EQ7 and then upgraded to EQ8 as I heard it had more options. I decided to take one of their online classes to get a better feel on how to use the program. I'm very happy I did and down to the wire on these classes. I was able to go back to some of my old patterns and re-do them including one I'm using a panel in the center. Never could figure out how to insert the panel till EQ8 as it was larger than EQ7 would allow. I'm glad I upgraded.