Hi maureen, cant be any help, but occasionally I find that jfw stops saying copied sellection, for no apparent reason. It usually comes back the next time I run word up. Ed -----Original Message----- From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Maureen Newelll Sent: 25 October 2007 11:19 To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vicsireland] Word selection prob Hello Vicsonians, I am using XP Pro with Office 2000 and find that when I go to select a word JAWS just says "selected but does not say the word and on copying word or words, as the case may be, JAWS then tells me "nothing selected". Selection line by line or letter by letter seems fine. Can anybody help? Maureen." No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.10/1091 - Release Date: 24/10/2007 14:31