This message was posted by Ballyhoo on AmayaUsers.com. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY VIA EMAIL. Instead, respond to the thread on the WEBSITE by clicking here: http://www.amayausers.com/boards/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/topic/2/1590.html The help is not helpful in DS9. It says that checking "Always" will insert a tie in and/or tie out for each element. "Element" is never defined. I generally know what an element is... my question is really about text. Is each letter an element or is the whole text in a text box an element? This is a concern when manually clipping connector stitches between letters. It is also a problem on larger letters when I want to clip the connector between the base part of an "i" or "j" and the dot. Then there is the issue of Auto Tie. Is it possible to get a double tie if Only When Necessary is checked and Auto Tie is checked, or is DS9 smart enough to resolve this. David Sklar Ballyhoo! Arlington, VA =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================