Just press alt+v and up harrow. If you hear compact view, this means you are in default mode and vice versa. On my personal view, compact mode is better because otherwise the chat messages are included in Skypes main window and it can be difficult to read them, imo. The question is user preference however, as far as I heard. Bye! Barbuz __________ 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