Try going to Jaws help by holding the alt key while clicking the tab key multiple times until you here the word Jaws. Press the f1key Press the letter p This should take you to where Jaws reads, Popular applications With Jaws book closed. These are programs that are compatible with your version of Jaws. Press enter Press the letter m until you get to Microsoft applications book closed. Press enter Push the down arrow to read the applications. It appears that mine is compatible with Word 95 and 97 and Office 2000. Word was apparently sold separately in the 90's. As I arrowed down thru my application choices I only found one reference to Office and that was, something like Microsoft Clipboard office 2000. You might let me know what yours reads as I have a different version of Jaws than you do. I am using XP Home Edition, Jaws 5.1 and office 2000. Philip Harlan Below is a copy of an IM conversation with my wife, pertaining to this subject. Gail, Isn't Word a part of the Office program and not sold separately? Gail says: I bought an older version of Word as a separate program, I think Word 97, but since then it's been a part of MS Office. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Baby Fire Ray" <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 6:28 PM Subject: office > what versions of office work with windows xp home > I have jaws 5.0844 > Ron > -- > 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