I finally managed to figure it out. I was unable to locate it in my verbosity settings when I posted the question, but I eventually found it. What I haven't figured out is why anyone would think that anyone would want to open up forms mode before getting a chance to examine the form and decide what one wanted to fill out or if one wanted to fill out anything at all. I definitely want to make my own decision about that and not have JAWS decide for me. "I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world." Eugene V. Debs The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html _ table with 2 columns and 6 rows Subj: [bksvol-discuss] Re: O T, Irritating Feature of JAWS 11 Date: 11/11/2009 11:42:03 AM Eastern Standard Time From: guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx Reply-to: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent from the Internet (Details) table end That feature is in jaws 10 as well and is exactly how to disable it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Denise Thompson To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 8:53 PMSubject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: O T, Irritating Feature of JAWS 11RogerDo an insert key J to go to the haws menu. Arrow once to the right which takes you to the utilities menu. arrow down or just hit a C which will open up configuration manager. Arrow to the right once which takes you to the Set options menu and arrow down to forms. Tab across and you can choose how you want jaws to respond when it encounters edit fields.Denise At 11:50 AM 11/9/2009, you wrote:I just installed JAWS 11. When I installed JAWS 10 someone on this list told me how to permanently turn off that extremely annoying feature, I forget the name of it, that opens up every edit field that I am passing over no matter whether I want it to open or not. I forgot how to do that. Can anyone tell me how to turn it off in JAWS 11? Preferably, can anyone tell me how to consign it to oblivion and talk some sense into the programmers who would include such a vexatious feature in an otherwise useful software in the first place. "I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world." Eugene V. Debs The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html _