Samara Just a reminder, the jaws help system may have some helpful hints and ways to improve performance of Word 97. Use the keystroke insert key plus F1 pressed twice quickly to bring up the list of popular programs. If you invoke this command while within the word program, in the tree view, you will be on "word". Press enter on word and use the F6 key to read the help topic. Note there will be links to things like helpful hints, jaws hot keys and possibly setting up word 97. John _____ From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Samara Raine Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 4:48 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Jaws 10 and Microsoft word Awww. It didn't work. But it's 97, not 07. Sighs. It was worth a shot though. ----- Original Message ----- From: David <mailto:davidwhitehead1957@xxxxxxxxx> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 4:44 PM Subject: Re: Jaws 10 and Microsoft word Hello there; well, I assume it's MSWord 2007, on a XP machine. open MSWorde, now, alt+v=view, and make sure that, normal is checked. also, make sure your screen is maximized. ANOTHER THING YOU CAN TRY IS, OPEN MSWord, alt+v=view, up arrow and enter on, zoom.... you want to set the zoom at 75%. I hope this helps. ----- Original Message ----- From: Samara <mailto:samararaine@xxxxxxxxx> Raine To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 4:19 PM Subject: Re: Jaws 10 and Microsoft word Thanks. It's word 97. Crestfallen look. I don't think jaws works with that one, does it? ----- Original Message ----- From: Farfar Carlson <mailto:dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 4:16 PM Subject: Re: Jaws 10 and Microsoft word Samara, Press Alt+h to open the help menu. Then arrow until you hear "about" then Enter. You may need to use the JAWS cursor but the version will be in that dialog. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Samara Raine <mailto:samararaine@xxxxxxxxx> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 13:03 Subject: Jaws 10 and Microsoft word I just got my mom's desktop and there's microsoft word on it. I know it's an older version, but I don't know how to find out which one it is. When I type and backspace, all jaws says is "blank". When I try and read the text with the arrow keys, it's the same thing. It's as though I've written nothing. Does anyone have any ideas as to what could be wrong? Meanwhile, I'll try and continue to find out what version this is. Are there earlier versions that don't work with jaws 10?