I found it!!!!! Got all my colors added. Went in and imported a picture, Set the floss pattern, sized it and went to print preview and there is nothing but the grids showing up. No pattern. I went back in and tried to put symbols in the floss pallette but it wont let me do that.
The palettes don't have symbols by themselves. It is by selecting the palette from the drop down menu as the one to use can you set symbols. Then it should be like any new pattern, select a color from the active palette, select a symbol for that pattern. In fact - with Pro (8 or 9), a default symbol is selected for you when you select the color.
Remember that no color has a symbol until it is selected for a particular pattern.