I'm not really sure EXACTLY,whats going on either,but crap like this,used to happen to me ALL the time,until I spent many more hours with the program,and BANG,it all just works pretty good now.
This is NOT to say,I know the whole deal,cause ABSOLUTELY NOT!,it's just there was a while where everytime I tried to do something seemingly simple,things like what your'e experiencing would happen,and then,later user error becomes more and more a thing of the past.
Let's hope some other's who know EXACTLY whats going on,answers,sorry it ain't me,but encouragement can help a little.
Bob