Mark- if you have the opportunity is it possible to have you launch Outlook using the keystrokes? See if it opens with focus, or not. Then, try launching Outlook by navigating through the start menu using your voice (as opposed to the Jsay start command) and see if it launches with focus or not. Repost to the list with an update...ed. _____ From: j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Cox Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 3:50 AM To: j-say@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [j-say list] Outlook Issues I have the following issues with Outlook 2003:- 1. When I start Outlook, which has been configured to startup in the Inbox folder, I am unable to use the program until I issue the ?Check Application? command because it is not in ?focus?. I have configured Outlook so that the emails are ordered by date, the reading pane is set to off and auto preview is set to off. What do I need to do to resolve this problem? 2. After reading a message when I issue the ?Close Message? command Outlook inserts the words ?Check Message? into the body field instead of closing the message. I have made sure that there is a period of silence before I issue the command. What is going wrong? Software specs:- Windows XP SP2 Microsoft Office 2003 JAWS 7 Dragon Naturally Speaking 9.1 J-Say 4 _____ All <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/nowyoucan/spamguard/*http:/ /us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=40565/*http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html> New Yahoo! Mail ? Tired of unwanted email come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you.