No you can not the update feature is for updates of the release you are using, i.e. if you are using 11 then the updates will only look for updates for that version and so on. Jaws 12 is a s m a update From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stan Holdeman Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 07:27 To: JFW List Subject: updating to v 12 I thought one could update to v. 12 from within v. 11 by using the update feature in the help menu. However I do not find v. 12 as listed in what is available. I do have 1 sma remaining. Stan Holdeman