I have a similar configureation. the only diverence is that I am using windows vista. I can not reproduce this. Two things you can try: 1. repair JAWS 2. make sure you have all the updates for office 2000 Roy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Renette Bloem" <renette@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "jaws mailing list" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 2:01 PM Subject: Jaws 9 and spell check in Word 2000 Hi All Whenever I wanted to do a spell check in a document today, Jaws crashed and the following message was displayed: microsoft visual ++ runtime library runtime error program:d:\program files\freedom scietific\jaws\9.0\jfw.exe R6025 -pure virtual function call I am using the latest version of Jaws 9; Windows XP Home and the very old Word 2000. Any explanation/help? Thanks. Renette -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: 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 -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: 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