Dear Dave I just read the relevant chapter and it's exactly what I wanted to do. Thanks very much for having pointed me to it. It shows, that Sibelius can only achieve this with a trick and a mouse. So therefore it will not be interesting for an XML-export. As I said: Bach was more modern than Sibelius. Regards Claudio If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx