NB: This email and its contents are subject to our email legal notice which can be viewed at http://www.sars.gov.za/Email_Disclaimer.pdf ---- HI joseph Quote try using other Dictionary file that corresponds to the program you are using. End quote Joseph, that's what I have been doing all the time. I'm using internet explorer 5-6.jdf. it's the dictionary file that corresponds with both windows explorer and internet explorer. I have been using both the default dictionary file as well as internet explorer 5-6.jdf. Let me tell you guys something else ON the html documents we receive with the service requests on them, it also contains the agent's s number who created the service request. An s number is like a user name associated with that agent's computer. So what I did, I added all the s numbers to the default dictionary file. I copy the s number from that html document, go to Microsoft outlook, create a new message, type the s number in the to: field and then it pops up that agent's name. so then I copy that agent's name, go back to the html document, put my cursor on the s number, activate default.jdf, and then in the actual word field the s number will be there automatically because it places the word in the actual word field under the cursor. So in the replacement field I then paste the agent's name. New people are constantly entering the call centre so I have to keep one dictionary file only for s numbers. Yes, it might help if I store typos and dates in both default.jdf and internet explorer 5-6.jdf, but what if it happens that the call centre grew to 1000 employees then I have to create a second .jdf file for more s numbers and its more time consuming to add the same s number to another dictionary file so I have to keep one dictionary file only for s numbers. Quote Secondly, you can use this feature to eliminate excessive entries: There is a setting in Configuration Manager that allows you to have dates spoken as words. Go to Configuration Manager and press CTRL plus Shift plus D. Go to Menubar and select Set Options, then select Text Processing Press TAB until you see "Numeric Date Processing". Press down arrow to select "Some Translation" and press ENTER right there. Press CTRL plus S to save the file and press Alt f4 to close Config Manager. Now the next time JAWS encounters a date, it will correctly read the date for you. In order to do this effectively, you'll need to remove entries that contains date. End quote Joseph, it doesn't work. I did a test in Microsoft word as I have no dates in Microsoft word. Jdf. I wrote the date 16/01/07 in a blank document. Then I followed your steps, selecting some numeric translation in default.jcf. But it doesn't work. It still reads the date as digits, the way I typed it.-- 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