Hi Sue. I only have a palfrey version 2003 of word, but I understand the commands for 2003 will work for 2007. Let's hope so. As usual, please make a backup of your file before you begin. Put your cursor somewhere in the table, it doesn't really matter where. And press alt+a to bring up the table menu of commands. Arrow down to the select menu or press the key c. Press downarrow to "table" and press enter. Your table should now be selected. Press alt+a again to get back to the pesky table menu. Press v or arrow down to convert table and press right arrow. Press downarrow to convert table to text or press the letter b. Hit enter. You should now be in a dialog to convert the table to text. I can't tell you what's in that dialog as I don't have a sample to work with. I think the dialog is pretty intuitive. Change anything if it seems appropriate, and hit ok. Now you've done it! If things got screwed up, ... remember that backup I mentioned much earlier? ... well, you should have done it. Seriously, I hope this helps. Problems? Ask away. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: Sue Stevens To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 12:48 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Converting Tables Hi folks, The book I am proofing has some tables, and it is almost impossible to read the text, although the text is there. Is there a way to get rid of the table symbols so that the text will be easily read? I am working in MSWord 2010 with Jaws 12. Thanks, Sue S.