Sarah, I found this in the Sib 5 user guide: To display bar rests as multirests, choose Layout > Auto Layout and switch on Use multirests. Sibelius does this automatically for you in parts. There is also a special shortcut for switching Use multirests on and off - Ctrl+Shift+M or xXM. Sibelius automatically splits multirests at time signatures, rehearsal marks, key changes, clef changes, tempo marks and so on. If you need to split a multirest manually, see Forcing a multirest to split below. Creating a multirest Creating a multirest is the same as creating lots of single bar rests: choose Create > Bar > Other; type in the Number of bars you want, click OK, then click where you want to put the multirest. Alternatively, you can just copy an existing multirest selecting it as a system passage using Ctrl+click or X-click, then using Alt+click or z-click. ...and there's more. Dave If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx