Yes, if I use the shift and hit the same key as the bracket, I hear my JAWS say Left brace or right brace. Are you saying that if I needed to have two sets of brackets one inside the other, the inside ones should be braces? I hope I won’t need to use them! Thanks! Marty From: Cindy Rosenthal Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 1:59 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] the symbols called braces I'm pretty sure that braces are the the things on the same key that has the bracket;, and if you hit that ky plus shift you'd get the brace: } I'd describe it as a parenthsis with a little pointy thing poking out from the middle. (Judy, hopefully you can do better. It would be used inside brackets, if you needed " bracket something else. You probably won't need it for bookshare proofing but might come across their use in a book