heya; i had the seam problem a long time ago, but... i dont seem to have it nowadays. i use detatch polygons because that's the only way i can see what has already been named. i mean, you can grab a handfull of polys, name them, then grab the adjacent handfull.... but did you miss any? overlap? you can't re-select by poly name. (at least not that i know of!) if you're not detatching the polys, then i really cant splain why you get abnormals! :/