Good evening, This isn't really the list to discuss such issues, as the list is primarily for JAWS scripting support. Howver, I have also experienced this from time to time with MS Word and JAWS 9. I found that saving the document normally fixed the problem. HTH, Everett Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/ezufelt View my LinkedIn Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt On 14-Apr-09, at 4:04 AM, Cearbhall O Meadhra wrote: > Dear Scripters, > > Lately I have been doing a great deal of writing using MS Word. I am > preparing assignments at the end of a training course. Sometimes I > can be > writing for up to 8 hours without a break! > > After a few hours, I find that JAWS takes more and more time to let > the > cursor move from word to word within the text in the word document. > This > gets so bad after a while that I reboot in a desperate effort to get > back to > a normal speed of response. > > Has anyone else experienced this problem? > > By the way, I am using > JAWS 9.0.515 > Windows XP service Pack 2 > HP PC > hard disk: 41.3gb used space 33.14 gb free space > I have run disk cleanup and defrag > > Any ideas? > > Yours sincerely, > > Cearbhall E. O'Meadhra > > BLBC Bray life and business Consulting > > "Your Success is Our Business" > > T: +353 1-2864623 M:+353 83 3323487 E: cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx > > > __________ > Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com > > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts __________ Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts