Now I am really confused as I know what you say to be true if you enter for example 4 quarter notes while in 4/4 time the tie will stay in the first beat of the next bar and that you can change the first beat to a 1/8 note by adding it into the 3rd dotted line. When you have a whole note and the tie carries over to the next bar you cannot add in the same 1/8 note without the tie being broken. You can also enter a series of 8 1/8 notes and the tie will stay but you cannot enter two 1/4 notes and have the 1/2 note carry over and expect the tie to stay so that you can enter any other note in to the first beat. The tie will disappear. Why is this happening?