If this is in Word, then it's a Word issue, and not JAWS. Word's cursor movement, regardless if you are reading control left or right arrow or insert left or right arrow, is to stop at all punctuation points. So the following two sentences read the same way. I like apple pie. I bought a shirt for $23.95 and it is blue. Francis -- 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