Hi, thanks, that's very useful. However, you are wrong to imply that there isn't a correct way to group notes in compound time signatures. In 9/8 for example there are 3 beats in the bar, each a dotted 1/4 note. So if I fill a bar with a note it should be a dotted 1/2 note tied to a dotted 1/4 indicating where the beats lie. It should not be a whole note tied to an 1/8 note. I specifically grouped my time signature 2+2+3, so if the program was just a bit more intelligent it would default to that grouping in bar length notes. However, I do thank you for your work-around. It's a bit weird that you have to insert an invisible rest. How is anyone supposed to figure that out?