Hi, The problem in word is very rare. I have tried to alt tab back and forth but most times to no avail. And yes, sometimes it will be a word or multiple words. Also, I am using outlook express 6, not outlook express 2003. My version of office is 2003. Sorry about the mix up. rich ----- Original Message ----- From: Trent, Mike Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 12:53 PM I sometimes have the problem in Word. Sometimes its a word or letter, sometimes it is entire lines. Flipping out with alt tab and flipping back again usually helps, but not always. I have enough vision to know there is text under the cursor but I hear 'BLANK, BLANK'. Perhaps, we should call this a BLANKITY BLANK problem. -- 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