it's the insert key you need to hold down before pressing 2 Cheers Paul paul.leake@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: Saqib To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 4:07 PM Subject: [access-uk] Jaws speaking in word mode. Hi. I can not get Jaws to read in word echo as I write. I get Jaws speaking in character mode. I did hold down the Jaws Cursor key and press number pad 2 to change this but it doesn't alter the setting. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.3/1975 - Release Date: 02/27/09 07:05:00