Thanks Jerry, I'm trying this as soon as I'm off line. Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: G.W. Cox To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 5:44 PM Subject: Re: jaws and "has smart tag" To get rid of smart tags in Word XP, by the way this is in the jaws application specific help you can access with insert f1, f1, press ALT+T for tools Press O to open the Options dialog. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the View page. Press TAB to move to the Show Smart Tags checkbox, and press SPACEBAR to uncheck it if it is checked. Enter and then open the Tools menu again. Press A for the AutoCorrect dialog. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the Smart Tags page. Press TAB to move to the Label Text with Smart Tags checkbox. Press SPACEBAR to uncheck this check box if it is checked. Press TAB again to move to the Show Smart Tags Actions Button checkbox, and uncheck this check box by pressing SPACEBAR if it is checked. Press ENTER to close this dialog. You should also press insert V for the jaws verbosity dialog and press the space bar on smart tags until it says off. ----- Original Message ----- From: Judith Bron To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 1:43 PM Subject: jaws and "has smart tag" On my new xp computer, everytime a proper location name like a street address, the name of a country or a state comes up in the text jaws says, "Has smart tag". What is this and how do I get rid of it? Judith