Hi, I don't think that calling FS from South Africa would be an efficient way to do this. I would recommend that you just write them at softwaresupport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx it will take longer to get an answer but is a cheaper way to go about it. Rich Got a non-jaws question. Subscribe to the blind tech list. Send a blank email to blindtech-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Chen Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 9:14 AM Good afternoon I am not an expert, but I believe the problem has something to do with the video settings. If you haven't tried it already, I would call customer service. The number in the U.S. is 727.803.8600. jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Morne Van der Merwe" <mvdm13@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 11:07 AM > Hallo, > > My name is Morné and I am from South Africa. I'm a new member to the > list. > > I urgently need your help. I'm a university student and I'm using a > laptop to take notes in the class. I use a Dell Laptop and Jaws 8. > If I open a document in Word, I cannot use my up and down arrows in > the text. Jaws then tells me the word blank. I can only use co ntrol > left and control right arrows. I cannot use my up and down arrows to > read text. The same in Outlook. Jaws does not want to read my list > of messages in my inbox. I just hear the word blank all the time. Can > someboddy please help me? Kind regards, Morné