@ things to try are: * maximize the Word window; JAWS can often fail to read any window that is not maximized. * Make sure you have some printer driver installed and set as the default printer, even if you don't have a printer attached to the pc. If yuou don't have a printer, go into the printers list and use the microsoft document image printer; just right click on it and set it as the default printer. Word needs to use some information and capabilities from the default printer driver, and when there is no default printer at all, it will sometimes not show the text on the screen properly. If you have no printer driver already installed at all, just pick one (like some hp laser printer) and install it. You don't need any disk, windows has drivers built-in. Finally, as someone has mentioned, in the word window go into the view menu and set the default view to "normal".L et us know if anything fixes this, or if you're still having the problem. Chip ------------------------------ Chip Orange Database Administrator Florida Public Service Commission Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (850) 413-6314 (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.) > -----Original Message----- > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Geoff Connor > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 7:25 PM > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Jaws 9 Issue > > Hello everyone. I have a computer that is running Windows XP > home, and it > also has office XP home addition and Jaws 9.0. My issue is > this. Jaws won't > read my word files. It will read Excel files and e-mail > messages just fine. > I thought it was a problem with Word itself until I tried > reading a word > document with Jaws 8.0. The file read just fine. I even > uninstalled and > reinstalled Jaws 9.0 but it didn't help. Does anyone know > what is causing > Jaws 9.0 not to read my word files? > > Cheers. > > Geoff > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.1/1220 - Release > Date: 1/11/2008 > 6:09 PM > > > -- > 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 > -- 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