Dale, Most likely that Sibelius 7 saving a Sibelius 5 file has some formatting that is automatically readjusted by Sibelius 5 upon opening. When you open one of these files, does Sibelius 5 ask you questions about format, beam groups, etc? Or does it simply load it without any complaints or questions? Even if it doesn't ask you questions, it is very likely that your Sib 7 engraver is using fonts that you don't have with Sibelius 5 and Sibelius 5 is just substituting fonts to the next closest match. That would of course be considered changes when you try to close it. You may want to ask your engraver to use only fonts that are available in Sibelius 5 before saving off in that format, but I suspect it would be a lot of hassle for them. I suggest that you first make a copy of that Sib 5 file as received and only work with the copy, allowing Sib 5 to save changes. Then send both back with appropriate filenames so that the engraver can see if any font changes were made along with your tweaks. There are several things that change with each migration of Sibelius, and these are discussed in the reference manual, describing the various changes made through all the versions. You should use the latest Sib7 manual to review these changes from 5 to 7. Dave Carlson Sent from my Dell Latitude E6520 using Windows 7, San Francisco Bay Area ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Lieser" <dale.lieser@xxxxxxxxx> To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 10:56 Subject: [sib-access] Saving from Sibelius 7 Back to 5 Hello, Everyone, When the engraver I have hired sends his work back to me he includes the Sibelius 7 file, a PDF of that, and a version he saves as Sibelius 5. This version saved as Sibelius 5 is in case I want to make further tweaks. However, even when I haven't made any changes to that Sibelius 5 file, when I close the score I am asked if I want to save changes. So far I have not chosen to do so because I don't know where any changes might be coming from, and of what nature they are. Do any of you have ideas on what is happening? Is Sibelius Access changing something to accomplish its work? The zoom level seems to be at whatever the engraver had been using when he saved, and it is not reverting to what I generally use. Furthermore, when I have sent such a file back to him, it seems that some of the formatting he has done is no longer present. I attribute that to Sibelius 5 simply not being able to handle the formatting capabilities of later versions of the program. I would just like to know what it is that is making Sibelius 5 think something has changed. Thanks for your chiming in on this. Dale 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