Hello: The reason this is happening is because JAWS is very annoying in this regard. I tried JAWS 5.0.844 and while I received the "No text selected" message, it seemed to work anyway. What is your exact JAWS version? I remember having a version where it didn't work, and I had to write a script. I hope we can get you through this without needing to write a script, unless, of course, you want to. Rob Meredith >>> lapinkchermagnoliajld@xxxxxxx 06/25/06 11:27PM >>> When I have selected (with the left/right brackets) a segment to highlight and to copy, I tried the control+c and it said no text selected and when I tried the control+d to open a new document with the segment, I couldn't do that. I asked my friend Brian and he told me to try the alt+e then the copy command. Is there another way to bypass this jaws problem and why is it happening? Thank you and enjoying this program incredibly!!