Hi Vincent, There are so many issues when dealing with PDF files, for example, some PDF documents are not designed to be accessible and therefore they cannot be read with a screen reader. What version of Jaws are you using? There is an accessible version of the Adobe Acrobat reader, although I am not sure whether newer versions of screen readers still require this, our technical guru Mr Traynor would know far more than me on this one! Regards, Stuart. From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of vts Sent: 09 March 2008 14:28 To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] Re: pdf files hello again sorry that was adobe reader I am using to open PDF files not acrobat reader as I mentioned in the last mail. many thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: vts <mailto:vts@xxxxxxxxxx> To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 2:20 PM Subject: [vip_students] pdf files hello guys from time to time i get PDF files sent to me as an attachment. and these are very slow at opening and some times they don't open at all. I have the latest version of acrobat reader. can someone tell me is there a way of opening this easier. bearing in mind I don't know much about this sort of thing. regards Vincent Stack ******************************************************************** NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of the content of it or of any attachment; you are requested to notify the sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to delete it and any attachments from your system. NCBI endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. However, it cannot accept any responsibility for any such which are transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of NCBI ********************************************************************