Hi Debbie, unfortunately it is set on "highlighted". Any more suggestions? Thanks so much Fran You wrote: I would suggest that you start out by checking to make sure jfw is set to speak only highlighted text by pressing insert plus the letter s. Maybe your setting is set to speak all. With the setting on highlighted, jfw should speak the cell contents and its coordinence. Even when using your arrow keys, jfw should speak this way in Excel. Hope this helps and let me know if this works. Debbie & Jessie -- 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