When it opens go and convert the document from a earlier version of word to the current 2007 version then it will not say that when you open that one again. "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things that I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Mitchell Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 06:32 To: JAWS Help Subject: Silencing Word 2007 Verbiage Happy Friday All: It's little things like this that annoy me. Opening documents in Word 2007, I get the thrilling announcements of "Microsoft word non commercial use" and "compatibility mode" Fooling around with JAWS Verbosity as well as the Dictionary Manager failed to silence this superfluous verbiage. Any hints, tips or tricks you can share? Many thanks, Mitch