Hi Judith, Make sure the program is maximized and try alt tabbing in and out of it to see if the text is back or not. You might also try Insert + Esc keys to force JAWS to refresh the screen. Not sure what could be going on there. Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: Judith Bron To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 7:58 PM Subject: irregularities with computer A few weeks ago I got a new computer with windows xp pro and jaws 7. My two major problems are: 1. When in the middle of typing a document all of a sudden, when I go to the top of the document, the first part has disappeared and I'm left with just a paragraph. This has happened when writing an article and when editting a book. I know I haven't pressed control A to select the text or pressed delete. Does anyone know what can be causing this? 2. When writing an email the first part of the message disappears and I'm left with only the last few lines. Again, I didn't select anything or press the delete key. Besides, if I selected everything in either case the entire document or email would disappear and I wouldn't be left with even those few lines. Please help someone, I think I am losing my mind! Judith