Hi Cal; Another thing I should have mentioned is along with the status bar being checked, if you arrow down even further there is a " lists " choice that I have checked also. If " details " is checked instead of " lists " using Insert +Tab & Insert + page down will give you a different message than if " lists " is checked. Take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: CathyAnne To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 7:00 AM Subject: RE: Reading the status line Make sure you don't have any items selected. If an item is selected., press CTRL-SPACEBAR to remove the selection. You'll then be able to hear the number of documents in the status line. --- CathyAnne Murtha Access Technology Institute www.blindtraining.com Phone: (520) 303-5885 FAX: (800) 986-6198