hi Alicia, load ms-word as usual. when ms-word has loaded, press JawsKey+6 (on the number row), press alt+s for "set options", hit enter on the first option that is "user options...". press tab twice, you will hear jaws announce "typing echo: Characters, radio button check", use arrow up/down to change the selection. press tab to "ok button" and hit spacebar, finally press "alt+f4 to close the screen and answer yes when it ask want to save the changes. hth Allan Wong ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alicia" <astarner@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 10:43 Subject: permanently truning off typing echo Hello, Listers: I use MS Word 2003 to create documents frequently and I always press insert 2 to switch the typing echo to none. I know that this is a temporary way of changing this setting but is there a way to change this permanently when I open the application. I would like to be able to open the application and then create my document without worrying about changing the typing echo. Thanks for your assistance. Alicia "The chief handicap of the blind is not blindness, but the attitude of >seeing people towards them." >- Helen Keller, 1925 -- 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