Hi Mike, You need to do this in Speech and Sounds Manager under the Configuration Manager. Whether you do it in the Default file and affect all programs or make changes in individual apps is up to you. This is what you do. Enter Config Manager Alt S to set options Press M for the Speech and Sounds Manager and you will go straight into it Now tab three times I think to "edit current scheme" and press the spacebar or enter key Now go to the File types tab and the list view which you will find there Press the letter R twice and you will be on the Read Only item Tab once then cursor up once and you will be on the "ignore" checkbox which will be checked by simply moving to it Ok that and save in the usual way A bit long-winded but you should be able to work it out. Regards David ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Brown To: Jaws User Group. Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 4:51 PM Subject: [jaws-uk] Jaws reading read only in apps. Hi all, Can someone help please? I have Jaws 9.0 and X P Home edition. Since i installed Jaws 9.0, jaws is saying read only in various apps. such as in Outlook Express emails, and even in a Games For The Blind game called Word Play, it still says read only. How can I switch this annoying and irritating message off please? Thanks, Michael Brown. The kindness you spread today will be gathered up and returned to you tomorrow. Michael Brown member of TAFN (The Accessible Friends Network). www.tafn.org.uk