Beto, This isn't a problem. Jaws is just saying the proper name of the character it's creating when you type a double dash. In typographer's and printer's language, this is the em dash, as in the letter m, and is used to set off things differently-- usually an interjectory phrase like the one I'm typing here-- than what the en dash (as in letter n) does. Here in Outlook Express, Jaws is saying only "dash dash," because I'm typing in plain text and so two dashes aren't being turned into the single long line that is an em dash. I believeyou can turn off this Word capability in the word options menusif you don't want Word to create this type of dash. But for those who want their hard copy to look similar to traditional printing, this is a desireable feature, as are the smart quotes replacing the plain typewriter-like straight quotes. Hope this helps. o use it ask.double dash ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beto Escobar III" <betoescobar3@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "JFW List Serve" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Freedom Scientific Support" <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 2:59 PM Subject: when I type the --- Hello JFW List Serve and Freedom Scientific once again: I have had this problem since JAWS 2.0 and I am at JAWS 6.0 now, but I just never bothered to do anything about it. It regards typing the -- in MS Word. When you do it in MS Word, a minimum of three dashes, it states, "m-" It basically states the letter m before the dash? It has always done this, and it has always bothered me, but I've just never took the time to inform anybody of this. Does anyone else had this problem? Has anyone else noticed it before? Beto Escobar III, LMSW -- 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: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.6 - Release Date: 4/11/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.6 - Release Date: 4/11/2005 -- 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