Probably it does this for the same reason JAWS still tells me that "nothing selected" when I press ctrl+A when in a folder. (LOL) I honestly think there is a little Gremlin inside who arbitrarily changes settings in W7. Cy, The Anasazi From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dorothy Ingram-Gorban Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 3:58 AM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: an irritating Outlook 2007 problem Yes my desktop windows 7 ms outlook started that last week cannot fix it dorothy From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Stone Sent: 25 March 2010 09:57 To: Alex Stone Subject: an irritating Outlook 2007 problem I have jaws 11 and Outlook 2007 under Windows7. For some reason recently, all the items in any of my mail folders say not selected before the item is read out. This in itself is not a major issue. However the status bar is also not spoken, although the item for the status bar is checked in the view menu. This rather irritatingly means I can't tell how many items there are in each folder. The appliation is maximized, so it's not that. An help would be very gratefully received. Cheers Alex