Hi Rashmi, As a quick fix you might try putting each expression in the Dictionary Manager and in the second field insert a space. The Speech and Sounds method is good but must be to do with the Acrobat Reader. Best of luck. David ----- Original Message ----- From: Rashmi Shah To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 11:57 AM Subject: [jaws-uk] To stop jaws announcing "read only edit" Hi List Jaws 9.0.519u, keeps on anouncing now and again, "read only edit" or "edit read only" when a PDF document open using Adobe reader 8.1.1, which is very annoying. Please help to rectify the problem of my annoyment. Rashmi