JP, Browse through the create menu in Sibelius, and just play around with all the different text styles you can enter. There you will find a way to enter expression text. Then look at the lines you can enter. There you will find hairpins and other lines that affect the playback. I won't quote the Sibelius manual because I haven't used it very much. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Philippe" <jp.rykiel@xxxxxxxxx> To: "sibaccess" <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: December 03, 2008 7:38 AM Subject: [sib-access] piano forte and manuals Hi all, I've been looking in vain in the different manuals for ways to enter dynamic information such as piano and forte. Instead of telling me how to do it, could you please tell me where to look ? As a Sibelius novice, I will be asking all sorts of silly questions like this one. This leads me to another question. The Sibelius reference manual that comes with the software is a real pain to navigate through, even after converting it to a text file. I asked Sibelius about an electronic copy of the entire Sibelius user guide but they said they couldn't provide it. Is anything like this available from Sibelius access? Cheers, JPR http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx