david poehlman wrote, "this can be fixed by setting your say all default to read by line with pauses." Hmmm, thanks David, but it made no difference at all. JFW 5.1 continues to stop reading my Email draft at some point in the document, and once it has stopped, it requires ongoing and repetitive prompting to read the next un-read portions to the end. Of the many frustrations I've had with various versions of JAW's, it is the most irritating and disruptive behaviour yet. Flyon Thewall -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx