i have a viking not a janome but when i do that i start at the beginning- i dont know how you would start in the middle and work out- the machine must embroider differently than mine- mine you program the embroidery in (or choose it from a disk) get the machine threaded- item to be embroidered hooped- touch the start button- and it starts where it wants to...i don't think i have a choice really---interesting question....