Tom, I seem to recall that Microsoft removed active accessability from all Office 97 products, and restored it in later versions. That might be the source of your difficulty, in that it could be a Microsoft issue rather than a JAWS issue. Can someone help me out on this? Francis -- 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. 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