Sunshine, I have had the same issue with PDF files and there are a few things you can do. First of all, what version of Jaws are you using? I have found that reading PDF files works best with Jaws 5.0 and either Adobe 5 or 6. In addition, do you have an OCR program such as Open Book 6 or 7? If so, you could try opening the files in your scanning program. The program will scan the image and convert it to text. One way to find out why you can't read the document is to check the security of the document. You can do this by pressing ALT+CTRL+S. You will need to listen for a couple things: 1. Does the document have a master password? 2. Is extracting text allowed? 3. Is accessibility enabled? If there is a password and if accessibility and extracting text are disabled, you will not be able to read the document. In addition, have you tried importing the file to text? If you press alt+f and use the up and down arrow keys to go through the menus, you will hear whether the import file to text option is available. If it is, try importing the file to text and viewing it in either Notepad or Word. If you can't import the file, again, the document has high security settings that are keeping you from accessing the file. I would like to hear recommendations from other list members. Thanks. Eric -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Sunshine Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 3:28 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: jaws and pdf files I have a pdf file that says it is encoded and i cant seem to be able to read it it is for the nero 6 program and when i tryed with adoby 5.0 and adoby 6.01 it would just not let me read it how can i get it to read for me? -- 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 -- 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