Sorry, Richard, I don't have Word on the DELL laptop but do notice from time to time that a selection isn't announced. I just go ahead anyway . . .. I have never found laptops quite as good with JAWS to be honest. Have you tried other versions of JAWS by the way? Be sure the window is maximised. You can quite easily run into a situation, without realising it, and the window isn't maximised. I find reading can get problematic when you have a number of programmes opened. Hope this helps a little. -- Carol carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Godfrey-McKay To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 8:07 PM Subject: [access-uk] JAWS8 NOT ANNOUNCING SELECTION IN WORD 2003 Wondered if anyone had had this prob? I'm using a Dell laptop XPS M1210. Any help appreciated. Richard Godfrey-McKay Telephone (01656) 657 516 Mobile (07791) 452 593