If you press the 8 key while the file is reading you will hear the current file percentage. If you press 8 and hold it for one beep, you will hear the current percentage plus the total size of the file. -----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Nuttall Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 3:50 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Is there a percent file read? I am reading Word documents and text files. Is there a command to get the percent of the file read or the percent of the file left to be read? Jim Nuttall