Hello Adrian. You are probably correct when you say Kerry probably wanted to change a single entry back to default. There is no way that I know of to do that. However if you are using Jaws for Windows version 8 you're able to disable your custom settings. I was thinking that it would be easier to take note of the changes that you have made in your dictionary file and write them down in Notepad and make the changes over again in the new copy of the file. I thought this would be easier than combing through the default file. I don't know about you but the speech synthesizers that I use suit me well enough that I do not need to make very many changes to the dictionary file. If I needed to make many changes to the dictionary file I would create my own dictionary file and edit it in a text editor. Taking note that the Jaws dictionary uses "." To determine where the phrase you want to correct ends and the correction begins. An example of the format is pasted below. .washingtonpost.Washington Post. I hope this helps. Chris. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 2:38 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Dictionary Manager Chris, This is useful information, and I thought about suggesting something along these lines to Kerry, but I had the impression he was asking how to restore the default for a single entry. I don't think that can be done, or can it? Perhaps the original entry can be found through shared settings? I mean that as a question. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Jenkins" <saveup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Hello Kerry. To revert back to the factory default dictionary file open the start menu, programs, the Jaws group you are interested in changing, explore jaws, explore my settings. This will open your personal settings folder where you can look for default.JDF. Once you have this file highlighted you can delete the file. Jaws for Windows will no longer see this file in your personal settings folder so it will use the copy from within the shared settings folder. All of this assumes that you were smart and did not overwrite the copy that was in the shared settings directory. By default the dictionary manager will first check and see if there is a file in the personal settings folder and if there is not a file in the personal settings folder it will read from the file from the shared settings folder. Once the changes are made it will write the modified file to your personal settings folder. I hope this helps. Chris. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kari Young Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 1:16 PM To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@freelists.org Subject: Dictionary Manager Hi All, I was wondering if there is a way to restore the original dictionary manager settings. I changed something and now want to change it back and can't remember what the original entry was. Thanks for any help. Kari -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx __________ NOD32 1963 (20070108) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx