As with all things computer - I continue to be confused.
My S&T will now convert the .gpx without closing and reopening. I tried it several times yesterday and it would not work.
John sent me a route and I was able to first save it and then move it to S&T. Moving it to Google Earth was much easier as I just did a Drag & Drop directly from the email to the globe on GE and the route showed up. There is a check box window that will change how the .gpx appears in GE. I did try to Drag & Drop to S&T but could not get it to work.
John said the route I sent him did not work??
I saved the emailed .gpx route to my Streets & Trips Routes Folder. I then opened S&T and Imported the .gpx in the Data Tab. The waypoints showed up and I then clicked Get Direction in the Route Planner and the route appeared on the map.
Working with S&T for about 7 years we continue to learn more and more things can be done with it on a regular basis.