I agree with the post below that suggested you copy and paste the document into a new document. The other thing I would suggest is to save your document and reboot. I've had mess ups with Jaws and word documents and its amazing what a reboot can accomplish! Good luck, Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sid Ordway" <docsgo@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 7:51 PM Subject: Re: Word 2000 Problem > Try copying the text from the misbehaving document to the clipboard and then open a new document and using the "Edit" menu, go to "Paste Special..." and press {ENTER}. Now press the letter "u" key until you hear "Unformated Text" and press {ENTER} again. > > Now check the text with all formating removed and see if the problem is resolved. > > >Linksma Mezgeja writes: > > >Hello! Something has happened with a Word document that I just typed that > >has never happened before. I was typing along and assumed it read as I typed > >with appropriate spacing. After printing the document, it is all messed up. > >The first half of the document is okay. Then, randomly, where I have typed a > >space, there can be as many as 4 or more spaces left randomly throughout the > >document. When I read it with my JAWS cursor, where there is one space, 3 > >blanks or more are read. I see no way to correct the spacing problem because > >when I try to delete that area and re-type it correctly, yet again, the wide > >random spacing appears in the print copy. > > I have no idea what happened to cause this. Does anybody know what > >setting might need to be adjusted and if so where and how? Thanks very much > >in advance for your help. > > > > > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this outgoing message. > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 2/7/2005 > > > >-- > >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 > > > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.7 - Release Date: 2/10/2005 > > --- > Dr. Sidney Ordway JD, Ph.D > BLINDED VETERANS ASSOCIATION > Member, Board of Directors > National Treasurer > President, South Texas Regional Group > > Phone: (210) 657-0059 > mailto:docsgo@xxxxxxxxxx > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.7 - Release Date: 2/10/2005 > > > -- > 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 -- 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