... everyone. And beginners do need to know about F4 at least. I think Paul made a valid point. It's not surprising beginners confuse Templot with just another of the pick-and-place track design programs, if it starts off looking like one by displaying a single turnout. Whereas if it starts off showing a turnout inserted in a length of track, the difference from all the other programs is immediately obvious. Anyone who wants to print individual turnout construction templates can very quickly do that by clicking the NEW button: 2_150816_210000000.png Starting from here, if beginners explore the functions on the beginner buttons they would soon grasp the basics of Templot track design. A good start would be roam (CTRL+ F9), because it is not affected by the position of the fixing peg. Followed by F5 and F6. Then perhaps the F/T and L/R buttons to try facing/trailing and changing the hand. Followed maybe by tools> make branch track, and then template> insert turnout in plain track, and start again. ...