Thanks Cy, but I am using Acrobat to open the PDF. Not Word. I do not think Word can show PDF files. Since no one else replied, I will call Freedom Scientific and see if they have a suggestion. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cy Selfridge" <cyselfridge@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 4:16 PM Subject: RE: Jaws shows garbage in PDF from bank Hi, Try this, after you have oened the document go to view and select "normal". (I presume you are in Word) Cy, The anasazi -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Shults Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 4:55 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Jaws shows garbage in PDF from bank My bank offers a web site feature which allows me to download my statements as pdf files. When I open these files with Acrobat, Jaws only reads a lot of odd sounding foreign characters. If I print the pdf and perform OCR scanning on the printouts, the text looks fine. Does anyone have an idea about what is causing this? Many thanks, Tom -- 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 Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html 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 Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html 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 Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html 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