diff --git a/sources/container/qetcontainerdb.cpp b/sources/container/qetcontainerdb.cpp
index 541b1d00f..f455f945a 100644
--- a/sources/container/qetcontainerdb.cpp
+++ b/sources/container/qetcontainerdb.cpp
@@ -749,6 +749,28 @@ QByteArray QetContainerDb::extract(QDomElement project, QString *error, const QB
 					 QStringLiteral("INSERT INTO conductor SELECT * FROM old.conductor WHERE folio_id = ? ORDER BY rowid")}) {
 				Statement rows(db, sql);
 				ok = ok && rows.run({id});
+			}
+				//Its symbols whose information changed since (QETProject::toXml()):
+				//their information rows written as a symbol's block writes them
+			for (const QDomElement &edited : children(d, QStringLiteral("qetz-edited-element"))) {
+				Statement find(db, QStringLiteral("SELECT key FROM element WHERE folio_id = ? AND uuid = ? AND info_at IS NOT NULL"));
+				find.bind({id, edited.attribute(QStringLiteral("uuid"))});
+				if (!find.next()) {
+					setError(error, QStringLiteral("a symbol changed on folio %1 kept as it was is not in its database").arg(id));
+					return {};
+				}
+				const QString key = find.value(0).toString();
+				Statement drop(db, QStringLiteral("DELETE FROM element_info WHERE element_key = ?"));
+				ok = ok && drop.run({key});
+				int ord = 0;
+				for (QDomElement i : children(edited.firstChildElement(QStringLiteral("elementInformations")),
+											  QStringLiteral("elementInformation"))) {
+					QVariant value;
+					simpleValue(i, &value);
+					ok = ok && element_info.run({key, ord++, i.hasAttribute(QStringLiteral("name"))
+													? QVariant(i.attribute(QStringLiteral("name"))) : QVariant(),
+												 value, attributesJson(i, QStringLiteral("name"), true)});
+				}
 			}
 			if (!ok) {
 				setError(error, QStringLiteral("folio %1 kept as it was is not in its database").arg(id));
diff --git a/sources/dataBase/projectdatabase.cpp b/sources/dataBase/projectdatabase.cpp
index 74e391b5f..b076e92a0 100644
--- a/sources/dataBase/projectdatabase.cpp
+++ b/sources/dataBase/projectdatabase.cpp
@@ -1378,6 +1378,146 @@ autonum::sequentialNumbers projectDataBase::sequenceFromValue(const QVariant &va
 	return sequence;
 }
 
+/**
+	@brief projectDataBase::canEditUnbuilt
+	@return true if the information of the symbol @p element can be changed
+	through the store alone, its folio not built (QET_LAZY_FOLIOS): it is
+	placed once, on a folio not built, and nothing else shows its
+	information -- no symbol built (alone or with its folio) holds it, no
+	partner is linked to it, and it has no label formula, which could read
+	what changes
+*/
+bool projectDataBase::canEditUnbuilt(const QUuid &element) const
+{
+	if (!hasElementInformation(element) || placedElementCount(element) != 0
+			|| !linkedSymbols(element).isEmpty()
+			|| !m_element_information.value(element).value(QStringLiteral("formula")).toString().isEmpty()) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	QSqlQuery query(m_data_base);
+	query.prepare(QStringLiteral("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM element WHERE uuid = :uuid"));
+	query.bindValue(QStringLiteral(":uuid"), element.toString());
+	return query.exec() && query.next() && query.value(0).toInt() == 1;
+}
+
+/**
+	@brief projectDataBase::editUnbuiltElementInformation
+	Change the information of the symbol @p element, on a folio not built
+	(canEditUnbuilt()), to @p information, as Element::setElementInformations()
+	would: the store and the symbol's element info row. Building the symbol
+	takes it (takeUnbuiltEdit()); saving builds its folio first
+	(foliosWithUnbuiltEdits()).
+*/
+void projectDataBase::editUnbuiltElementInformation(const QUuid &element, DiagramContext information)
+{
+	if (information.contains(QStringLiteral("formula_id"))
+			&& information.value(QStringLiteral("formula")).toString().isEmpty()) {
+		information.remove(QStringLiteral("formula_id"));
+	}
+	QUuid folio;
+	{
+		QSqlQuery query(m_data_base);
+		query.prepare(QStringLiteral("SELECT diagram_uuid FROM element WHERE uuid = :uuid"));
+		query.bindValue(QStringLiteral(":uuid"), element.toString());
+		if (query.exec() && query.next()) folio = QUuid(query.value(0).toString());
+	}
+		//Whether the file has a block of information for it: a symbol
+		//saves one when it has any (Element::toXml())
+	const bool had_information = m_unbuilt_edits.contains(element)
+			? m_unbuilt_edits.value(element).had_information
+			: !m_element_information.value(element).keys().isEmpty();
+	m_unbuilt_edits.insert(element, {information, folio, had_information});
+	if (!storeElementInformation(element, information)) {
+		return;
+	}
+	m_content_changed = true;
+	if (!m_update_blocked) {
+		bindElementInfoValues(m_update_element_query, element.toString(), information,
+							  information.value(QStringLiteral("label")).toString());
+		if (!m_update_element_query.exec()) {
+			qDebug() << "projectDataBase::editUnbuiltElementInformation update error : " << m_update_element_query.lastError();
+		}
+	}
+	emit dataBaseUpdated();
+}
+
+/**
+	@brief projectDataBase::takeUnbuiltEdit
+	@return the information @p element was given while its folio was not
+	built (editUnbuiltElementInformation()), forgotten here: the symbol
+	being built takes it. Nothing if it was given none.
+*/
+std::optional<DiagramContext> projectDataBase::takeUnbuiltEdit(const QUuid &element)
+{
+	const auto edit = m_unbuilt_edits.constFind(element);
+	if (edit == m_unbuilt_edits.constEnd()) {
+		return std::nullopt;
+	}
+	const DiagramContext information = edit->information;
+	m_unbuilt_edits.erase(edit);
+	return information;
+}
+
+/**
+	@brief projectDataBase::foliosWithUnbuiltEdits
+	@return the folios holding a symbol whose information was changed while
+	they were not built (editUnbuiltElementInformation())
+*/
+QSet<QUuid> projectDataBase::foliosWithUnbuiltEdits() const
+{
+	QSet<QUuid> folios;
+	for (const auto &edit : m_unbuilt_edits) folios.insert(edit.folio);
+	return folios;
+}
+
+/**
+	@brief projectDataBase::unbuiltEditsOnFolio
+	@return the information changed through the store of the symbols on the
+	folio @p folio, not built (editUnbuiltElementInformation()), by symbol.
+	@p need_build is set when a .qetz cannot save one in place of the rows it
+	was read with: the file has no block of information for the symbol, or
+	the change empties it (a symbol with none saves no block)
+*/
+QHash<QUuid, DiagramContext> projectDataBase::unbuiltEditsOnFolio(const QUuid &folio, bool *need_build) const
+{
+	QHash<QUuid, DiagramContext> edits;
+	if (need_build) *need_build = false;
+	for (auto it = m_unbuilt_edits.cbegin() ; it != m_unbuilt_edits.cend() ; ++it) {
+		if (it->folio != folio) continue;
+		edits.insert(it.key(), it->information);
+		if (need_build && (!it->had_information || it->information.keys().isEmpty()))
+			*need_build = true;
+	}
+	return edits;
+}
+
+/**
+	@brief projectDataBase::setPlacedElementInformation
+	Give the symbol @p element its information @p information: through the
+	symbol when it is built, through the store when it is not
+	(canEditUnbuilt()). What undoing and redoing a change of a symbol not
+	built does, the symbol having perhaps been built since.
+	@return false if neither can
+*/
+bool projectDataBase::setPlacedElementInformation(const QUuid &element, const DiagramContext &information)
+{
+	const QList<QPointer<Element>> placed = m_placed_elements.values(element);
+	if (placed.size() == 1 && placed.first()) {
+		placed.first()->setElementInformations(information);
+		elementInfoChanged(placed.first().data());
+		return true;
+	}
+	if (placed.isEmpty() && m_unbuilt_edits.contains(element)) {
+		editUnbuiltElementInformation(element, information);
+		return true;
+	}
+	if (placed.isEmpty() && canEditUnbuilt(element)) {
+		editUnbuiltElementInformation(element, information);
+		return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
 /**
 	@brief projectDataBase::folioUuidsOfElements
 	@return the uuids of the folios the symbols @p elements are on, read
diff --git a/sources/dataBase/projectdatabase.h b/sources/dataBase/projectdatabase.h
index 4170a288c..3448346ac 100644
--- a/sources/dataBase/projectdatabase.h
+++ b/sources/dataBase/projectdatabase.h
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ class projectDataBase : public QObject
 		QString prefillReport() const;
 		QSet<QUuid> foliosWithUnjoinedWires() const;
 		QSet<QUuid> folioUuidsOfElements(const QSet<QUuid> &elements) const;
+		bool canEditUnbuilt(const QUuid &element) const;
+		void editUnbuiltElementInformation(const QUuid &element, DiagramContext information);
+		std::optional<DiagramContext> takeUnbuiltEdit(const QUuid &element);
+		QSet<QUuid> foliosWithUnbuiltEdits() const;
+		QHash<QUuid, DiagramContext> unbuiltEditsOnFolio(const QUuid &folio, bool *need_build = nullptr) const;
+		bool setPlacedElementInformation(const QUuid &element, const DiagramContext &information);
 		QHash<QUuid, QString> elementTypesOnFolios(const QSet<QUuid> &folios) const;
 			/// A symbol placed on a folio, as the element table has it
 		struct FolioSymbol {
@@ -335,6 +341,11 @@ class projectDataBase : public QObject
 			//briefly gives a copy its original's uuid, so one uuid can have
 			//two symbols until the copy's is renewed.
 		QMultiHash<QUuid, QPointer<Element>> m_placed_elements;
+			/// Information changed through the store for symbols on folios
+			/// not built (editUnbuiltElementInformation()), with the folio
+			/// each is on: building the symbol takes it (takeUnbuiltEdit())
+		struct UnbuiltEdit { DiagramContext information; QUuid folio; bool had_information; };
+		QHash<QUuid, UnbuiltEdit> m_unbuilt_edits;
 		QHash<QUuid, TitleBlockProperties> m_folio_titleblocks;
 		QHash<QUuid, QPointer<Diagram>> m_placed_folios;
 		QHash<QUuid, ConductorProperties> m_conductor_properties;
diff --git a/sources/qetgraphicsitem/element.cpp b/sources/qetgraphicsitem/element.cpp
index ae497bafb..87fc394b5 100644
--- a/sources/qetgraphicsitem/element.cpp
+++ b/sources/qetgraphicsitem/element.cpp
@@ -1115,6 +1115,11 @@ bool Element::fromXml(QDomElement &e,
 	DiagramContext dc;
 	dc.fromXml(e.firstChildElement(QStringLiteral("elementInformations")),
 			   QStringLiteral("elementInformation"));
+		//Changed through the project database while its folio was not
+		//built (QET_LAZY_FOLIOS): the change, not what the file says
+	if (diagram() && diagram()->project())
+		if (const auto edited = diagram()->project()->dataBase()->takeUnbuiltEdit(m_uuid))
+			dc = *edited;
 
 		//Load override properties (For now, only used when the element is a terminal)
 	if (m_data.m_type == ElementData::Terminal)
diff --git a/sources/qetproject.cpp b/sources/qetproject.cpp
index b788313c9..63d6a1239 100644
--- a/sources/qetproject.cpp
+++ b/sources/qetproject.cpp
@@ -2360,9 +2360,20 @@ QDomDocument QETProject::toXml(QHash<int, QByteArray> *kept_folios, QStringList
 	if (keep) {
 			//Partners built alone and linked or unlinked since: their folio
 			//is not what was read
-		for (Diagram *diagram : std::as_const(m_diagrams_list))
-			if (!diagram->isLoaded() && diagram->partialChanged())
-				buildFolios({diagram});
+			//and symbols whose information was changed through the project
+			//database while their folio was not built: built together
+			//-- a .qetz writes those in its database instead, when it can
+		const QSet<QUuid> edited = m_data_base.foliosWithUnbuiltEdits();
+		QList<Diagram *> changed;
+		for (Diagram *diagram : std::as_const(m_diagrams_list)) {
+			if (diagram->isLoaded()) continue;
+			bool need_build = !kept_parts;
+			if (edited.contains(diagram->uuid()) && kept_parts)
+				m_data_base.unbuiltEditsOnFolio(diagram->uuid(), &need_build);
+			if (diagram->partialChanged() || (edited.contains(diagram->uuid()) && need_build))
+				changed << diagram;
+		}
+		buildFolios(changed);
 		for (Diagram *diagram : std::as_const(m_diagrams_list))
 			if (diagram->headerChanged())
 				buildFolioToShow(diagram);
@@ -2483,6 +2494,17 @@ QDomDocument QETProject::toXml(QHash<int, QByteArray> *kept_folios, QStringList
 			auto placeholder = xml_doc.createElement(QStringLiteral("diagram"));
 			placeholder.setAttribute(QStringLiteral("qetz-kept-part"), diagram->deferredPart());
 			placeholder.setAttribute(QStringLiteral("uuid"), diagram->uuid().toString());
+				//Symbols whose information changed while the folio was
+				//not built: the rows QetContainer::split() writes for them
+			const QHash<QUuid, DiagramContext> edits = m_data_base.unbuiltEditsOnFolio(diagram->uuid());
+			for (auto it = edits.cbegin() ; it != edits.cend() ; ++it) {
+				auto symbol = xml_doc.createElement(QStringLiteral("qetz-edited-element"));
+				symbol.setAttribute(QStringLiteral("uuid"), it.key().toString());
+				auto information = xml_doc.createElement(QStringLiteral("elementInformations"));
+				it.value().toXml(information, QStringLiteral("elementInformation"));
+				symbol.appendChild(information);
+				placeholder.appendChild(symbol);
+			}
 			kept_parts->append(diagram->deferredPart());
 			project_root.appendChild(placeholder);
 			++order_num;
diff --git a/sources/scripting/qetscriptapi.cpp b/sources/scripting/qetscriptapi.cpp
index 953e355b8..32247aed9 100644
--- a/sources/scripting/qetscriptapi.cpp
+++ b/sources/scripting/qetscriptapi.cpp
@@ -462,6 +462,28 @@ void QetScriptApi::setLive(QStringList *log)
 	m_live_log = log;
 }
 
+/**
+	@brief QetScriptApi::unbuiltInformation
+	@return the information of the symbol @p elementUuid on the folio
+	@p folioIndex when that folio is not built (QET_LAZY_FOLIOS) and the
+	symbol's information can be read and changed through the project
+	database alone (projectDataBase::canEditUnbuilt()); nothing otherwise,
+	the folio to be built
+*/
+std::optional<DiagramContext> QetScriptApi::unbuiltInformation(int folioIndex, const QString &elementUuid) const
+{
+	if (!m_project || folioIndex < 0 || folioIndex >= m_project->folios().count()) return std::nullopt;
+	Diagram *folio = m_project->folios().at(folioIndex);
+	const QUuid uuid(elementUuid);
+	projectDataBase *database = m_project->dataBase();
+	if (folio->isLoaded() || !database->rowsFromDocument()
+			|| !database->folioUuidsOfElements({uuid}).contains(folio->uuid())
+			|| !database->canEditUnbuilt(uuid)) {
+		return std::nullopt;
+	}
+	return database->elementInformation(uuid);
+}
+
 /**
 	@brief QetScriptApi::built
 	@return @p folio, built if it was not yet (QET_LAZY_FOLIOS), as showing
@@ -666,6 +688,19 @@ bool QetScriptApi::setInfoKey(int folioIndex, const QString &elementUuid,
 		log(QStringLiteral("qet.%1: \"%2\" is internal, follow a numbering with numberElement()")
 				.arg(caller, key));
 		return false;
+	}
+		//A symbol on a folio not built whose information nothing else
+		//shows is changed through the project database, its folio left
+		//unbuilt (stage D5)
+	if (key != QETInformation::ELMT_FORMULA) {
+		if (const auto stored = unbuiltInformation(folioIndex, elementUuid)) {
+			if (stored->value(key).toString() == value) return true; // nothing to push
+			DiagramContext new_info = *stored;
+			new_info.addValue(key, value);
+			m_project->undoStack()->push(new ChangeStoredElementInformationCommand(
+											 m_project, QUuid(elementUuid), *stored, new_info));
+			return true;
+		}
 	}
 	Element *element = findElement(folioIndex, elementUuid);
 	if (!element) return false;
@@ -1009,6 +1044,8 @@ int QetScriptApi::terminalIndex(int folioIndex, const QString &elementUuid,
 
 QString QetScriptApi::elementInfo(int folioIndex, const QString &elementUuid, const QString &key) const
 {
+	if (const auto stored = unbuiltInformation(folioIndex, elementUuid))
+		return stored->value(key).toString();
 	Element *element = findElement(folioIndex, elementUuid);
 	if (!element) return QString();
 	return element->elementInformations().value(key).toString();
diff --git a/sources/scripting/qetscriptapi.h b/sources/scripting/qetscriptapi.h
index 87f30aca5..6a954d5a6 100644
--- a/sources/scripting/qetscriptapi.h
+++ b/sources/scripting/qetscriptapi.h
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 #include <QVariantList>
 #include <QVariantMap>
 
+#include <optional>
+
+#include "../diagramcontext.h"
+
 class QETProject;
 class Diagram;
 class DiagramView;
@@ -644,6 +648,7 @@ class QetScriptApi : public QObject
 	private:
 		bool runFlag(const QString &flag, const QStringList &args);
 		Diagram *built(Diagram *folio) const;
+		std::optional<DiagramContext> unbuiltInformation(int folioIndex, const QString &elementUuid) const;
 		Element *findElement(int folioIndex, const QString &elementUuid) const;
 		Terminal *findTerminal(int folioIndex, const QString &elementUuid, int terminalIndex,
 							   const QString &caller);
diff --git a/sources/undocommand/changeelementinformationcommand.cpp b/sources/undocommand/changeelementinformationcommand.cpp
index bf7045b9d..7a76220e5 100644
--- a/sources/undocommand/changeelementinformationcommand.cpp
+++ b/sources/undocommand/changeelementinformationcommand.cpp
@@ -119,3 +119,27 @@ void ChangeElementInformationCommand::updateProjectDB()
 		elmt->diagram()->project()->dataBase()->elementInfoChanged(list_);
 	}
 }
+
+ChangeStoredElementInformationCommand::ChangeStoredElementInformationCommand(
+		QETProject *project, const QUuid &element, const DiagramContext &old_info,
+		const DiagramContext &new_info, QUndoCommand *parent) :
+	QUndoCommand(parent),
+	m_project(project),
+	m_element(element),
+	m_old_info(old_info),
+	m_new_info(new_info)
+{
+	setText(QObject::tr("Change the information of the element"));
+}
+
+void ChangeStoredElementInformationCommand::undo()
+{
+	if (m_project)
+		m_project->dataBase()->setPlacedElementInformation(m_element, m_old_info);
+}
+
+void ChangeStoredElementInformationCommand::redo()
+{
+	if (m_project)
+		m_project->dataBase()->setPlacedElementInformation(m_element, m_new_info);
+}
diff --git a/sources/undocommand/changeelementinformationcommand.h b/sources/undocommand/changeelementinformationcommand.h
index 6e103ebf6..1d7d2cf70 100644
--- a/sources/undocommand/changeelementinformationcommand.h
+++ b/sources/undocommand/changeelementinformationcommand.h
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@
 #include "../diagramcontext.h"
 
 #include <QUndoCommand>
+#include <QUuid>
+#include <QPointer>
 
 class Element;
+class QETProject;
 
 /**
 	@brief The ChangeElementInformationCommand class
@@ -52,4 +55,26 @@ class ChangeElementInformationCommand : public QUndoCommand
 		QMap<QPointer<Element>, QPair<DiagramContext, DiagramContext>> m_map;
 };
 
+/**
+	@brief The ChangeStoredElementInformationCommand class
+	Change the information of a symbol given by its uuid, built or not
+	(QET_LAZY_FOLIOS): through the symbol when it is built, through the
+	project database when it is not (projectDataBase::canEditUnbuilt()).
+*/
+class ChangeStoredElementInformationCommand : public QUndoCommand
+{
+	public:
+		ChangeStoredElementInformationCommand(QETProject *project, const QUuid &element,
+											  const DiagramContext &old_info,
+											  const DiagramContext &new_info,
+											  QUndoCommand *parent = nullptr);
+		void undo() override;
+		void redo() override;
+
+	private:
+		QPointer<QETProject> m_project;
+		QUuid m_element;
+		DiagramContext m_old_info, m_new_info;
+};
+
 #endif // CHANGEELEMENTINFORMATIONCOMMAND_H
diff --git a/tests/qttest/lazy_folios_probe.cpp b/tests/qttest/lazy_folios_probe.cpp
index 39b69751b..0375b24f5 100644
--- a/tests/qttest/lazy_folios_probe.cpp
+++ b/tests/qttest/lazy_folios_probe.cpp
@@ -829,6 +829,57 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 				check(unbuilt - scripted.unloadedFolioCount() == 1, "a script reading one folio builds that folio only");
 			}
 
+				//A script changes the information of a symbol on a folio not
+				//built, which nothing else shows: through the project
+				//database, no folio built; saved as when built; undone (D5)
+			{
+				QETProject changed(zipped);
+				const int unbuilt = changed.unloadedFolioCount();
+				int folio_index = -1;
+				QString uuid;
+				for (int i = 0 ; i < folios.size() && uuid.isEmpty() ; ++i) {
+					if (changed.folios().at(i)->isLoaded()) continue;
+					for (Element *element : folios.at(i)->elements())
+						if (changed.dataBase()->canEditUnbuilt(element->uuid())) {
+							folio_index = i; uuid = element->uuid().toString(); break;
+						}
+				}
+				check(!uuid.isEmpty(), "a symbol to change through the database");
+				QetScriptApi api(&changed);
+				const QString before = api.elementInfo(folio_index, uuid, "comment");
+				const QString value = QStringLiteral("changed through the database");
+				check(api.setElementInfo(folio_index, uuid, "comment", value), "a script changes a symbol not built");
+				check(api.elementInfo(folio_index, uuid, "comment") == value, "the change read back");
+				check(changed.unloadedFolioCount() == unbuilt, "changing a symbol not built builds no folio");
+				const QString changed_path = output + "/changed.qetz";
+				check(changed.writeContainerFile(changed_path, &error), "saved after the change");
+				std::printf(".qetz symbol on folio %d changed by a script: %d folios built, %d by saving\n",
+							folio_index + 1, 0, unbuilt - changed.unloadedFolioCount());
+				qunsetenv("QET_LAZY_FOLIOS");
+				const QString usual_path = output + "/changed-usual.qetz";
+				{
+					QETProject usual_changed(zipped);
+					QetScriptApi usual_api(&usual_changed);
+					check(usual_api.setElementInfo(folio_index, uuid, "comment", value), "the same change when built");
+					check(usual_changed.writeContainerFile(usual_path, &error), "saved after the change when built");
+				}
+				QETProject changed_back(changed_path), usual_back(usual_path);
+				qputenv("QET_LAZY_FOLIOS", "1");
+				check(sortedLines(changed_back.toXml().toString(), path) == sortedLines(usual_back.toXml().toString(), path),
+					  "a symbol changed through the database saved as when built");
+				check(QetScriptApi(&changed_back).elementInfo(folio_index, uuid, "comment") == value, "the change saved");
+					//Undone, then redone and the folio built: the symbol shows it
+				changed.undoStack()->undo();
+				check(api.elementInfo(folio_index, uuid, "comment") == before, "the change undone");
+				changed.undoStack()->redo();
+				changed.buildFolioToShow(changed.folios().at(folio_index));
+				Element *built_symbol = nullptr;
+				for (Element *element : changed.folios().at(folio_index)->elements())
+					if (element->uuid().toString() == uuid) built_symbol = element;
+				check(built_symbol && built_symbol->elementInformations().value("comment").toString() == value,
+					  "a symbol changed before its folio was built shows the change");
+			}
+
 				//The wire numbers and wiring list exports, and the terminal
 				//numbering dialog: as when built, building only the folios
 				//holding a terminal (D5)