I'll try to answer your questions. Read in the body of your original email for my reply. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lora Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 4:44 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: JAWS and Excel and Word Hi, I'm not a great Excel user, but I've had to use it more and more lately. I have a few questions about it and about Word: 1. How do I format the spreadsheet when I import it from a non-Excel file? Other people can click on the columns, and force them to the size they want, and arrange the data how they want. Since I can't, it usually ends up in one column, all clumped together. I'm usually importing from a text file when I try this. Are you trying to import a file that's delimited, or is it just a text file with nothing to seperate the columns? 2. If I have an SSN, formatted as 012-34-5678, and I want it without the formatting, what's the best way to do this without losing the leading zeros? Highlight the cells in question. then hit control+1. change to the number format tab. then tab to the list box and select "text". This will keep excel from dropping leading zeros. 3. In Word, how do I delete comments? How do I add to a comment without adding to the text of the document? What's the best way to tell to what portion of the text the comment refers to? don't know about this one. Sorry. :) 4. After making entries in a table in Word, what's the best way to tell if the formatting has been preserved, and the data still looks correct to sighted folks? don't know this one either. 5. Why would JAWS say "empty or "blank" when moving through a table, when I know there's data there? What's the best way to read a Word table with JAWS? I always make sure I'm in ro1 column 1 and then tab through the table slowly. Or use the inisibile cursor. Thanks for all your help. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.8/973 - Release Date: 8/25/2007 5:00 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.9/975 - Release Date: 8/26/2007 9:34 PM