sounds like in the computer with ms office word in options you have paragraph markers on, and, jaws puncuations set to all or most in global settings of voices i set jaws to none, i just want jaws to speak the words not every punctuation mark, in a document not sure about open office but there must be a way to turn them off in options or, formatting show, paragraph markers which is for those that see ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathie Jacobse" <cjacobse@xxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 11:17 AM Subject: using open office Hi, I'm new to the list, so not sure if this has been touched on before. I have downloaded the fre version of open office, rather than of paying for ms office. And of course I've run into a couple of problems.I have saved A document from an attachment that I sent myself from another computer. The open office document has periods between all the words & jaws says paragraph very frequently, enough to drive me batty. I can try to save them again, but if anyone has a experience with open office, any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks, Cathie cjacobse@xxxxxxxxx -- 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