I can only suggest maximizing your screen or rebooting. Occasionally Jaws starts reading funny and usually this helps. Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandra Mortellaro To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:13 PM Subject: leaving letters out of the middle of words Hi, does anyone have any idea of why JAWS might leave letters out of the middle of words? I use word as my processing program and I have been having trouble with letters missing from the middle of words.