[Chewbacca]

1. Click on the trigger icon located on the same menu as paint terrain, ect.
2. Draw shape of area transition and double click the last point to close the shape.
3. Right click on shape and select properties.
4. Name the transition and give it an easy descriptive tag like "toarea1".
5. Save this area and open the area you want to connect.
6. Do the same thing here.
7. After naming and tagging this area click on the "area transition" tab.
8. Select the area you want to connect to and if it has a valid area transition you can click on it's outline in the black grid to the left to select it for linking.

Walla! you have connected areas!