Jay, you do not use the shift key at all to select noncontiguous files, as Windows likes to call it. You first use your arrow keys to find the first file. This will be automatically selected (doing a Say Selected Text will confirm this). Now to skip the second file, press control down arrow. The same is true for the third file, except that because you want to select this one, press control space after pressing control down arrow. Now to confirm your selection, do a Say Selected Text, which is shift insert down arrow. It should only speak the first and third file you selected. Hope that helps. Chris Hallsworth BrailleNote mPower user Website: www.chrishallsworth.co.nr ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Black" <underconstruction1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 6:43 PM Subject: Re: Jaws and Clipboard Chris, usually I do shift/down arrow to select first file, I tried switching to control down arrow to unselect the second, then control down arrow, hit space bar with other finger on control, but did not work. is it possible you can describe step by step, how to select the first, third files? Maybe it would help me to get this once and for all. funny, I've been struggling with this for so long. I have looked at help files, can't find this function. And, Chris, thank you for the help. J. Black -- 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