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@@ -17,8 +17,24 @@ Version 2.1.9
 @end ignore
 
 @itemize @bullet
+@item Formatting of ottava brackets has been much improved.
+
+@item Objects in the output can now be documented: the following fragment
+ boxes the note head, and adds the text ``heads or tails?'' three
+spaces below the box.
+
+@example
+       \context Voice \applyoutput #(add-balloon-text
+                                    'NoteHead "heads, or tails?"
+                                    '(0 . -3))
+
+      
+       c8
+@end example
+
+
 @item Default staff sizes are now scalable. There are two new mechanisms for
-setting staff sizes is. Both are demonstrated in this fragment:
+setting staff sizes. Both are demonstrated in this fragment:
 
 @example
   #(set-staff-size 15)
@@ -37,16 +53,14 @@ piece. Similarly, the paper size may be changed as follows
 @end example 
 
 
-@item
-   Warnings for bar check errors are more cleverly printed.  This
-makes barCheckSynchronize superfluous. barCheckSynchronize is now
-switched off by default.
+@item Warnings for bar check errors are more cleverly printed.  This
+makes @code{barCheckSynchronize} superfluous, so it is now switched
+off by default.
 
 Warning: this will cause problems in scores that use bar checks to
 shorten measures.
 
-@item
- The black note head was made a little rounder, which causes a less
+@item The black note head was made a little rounder, which causes a less
  frantic graphic impression.
 
 @item
@@ -67,8 +81,6 @@ With this mechanism, @code{LyricVoice}s can be put melodies
 individually, allowing for different melismatic sections in every
 @code{LyricVoice}. See @file{input/regression/lyric-combine-new.ly}.
 
-@item Formatting of ottava brackets has been improved.
-
 @item Bar lines may now be dotted.