Hi Keith, and thanks for the quick response. Bean was mentioned on the Apple site, but not Iwork. Its good to know there are options. The only spreadsheet apps referenced were, as I recall something called Numbers and Open Office 3. I assume there is one that will do Excel docs. I'm a very light duty spread sheet user; I just need to read what other people occasionally send, not actually do anything with them. The boiceover commander is intriguing to me. I'm sure it will take time to get good at using a Mac, as it did with Windows screen readers. Mary > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >