Hi Catherine, > For some reason I still can't get into the Format/Cells > dialog - have made sure I definitely finished the edit first. Hi Catherine - I'm stumped. I don't think I can help here without having a copy of the actual spreadsheet - if you want to, you could send it offlist and I will take a look. Are you having trouble getting to any of the other menus? > With the scientific notation - so is that what shows up > visually in the cell? Is there a choice about how Excel > displays this/how JAWS reads it? The Scientific notation shows up visually in the cell as 1.60E+09 (that's our phone number at TVS), but in the part at the top of the sheet, which is the entry field, it shows 1604792777 - the zero has dropped off. The format needs to be changed to Text to keep the leading zero, and then it will display/speak properly. Scientific is the only one that does this particular notation. Have you tried putting the apostrophe at the beginning of the number? This is a shortcut to tell Excel that this cell is to be formatted as Text. I am wondering whether, if you do that, Excel will then let you into the Format/Cells menu. All the best! -- Patricia Fraser Braille Development Techno-Vision Systems Ltd +44(0)1604 792 777 ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq