Hi, press shift control 8. JAWS is reading characters that are normally hidden. This is a Word feature. Hope that helps. Chris Hallsworth BrailleNote mPower user Website: www.chrishallsworth.co.nr ----- Original Message ----- From: ari To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 2:13 PM Subject: [access-uk] Word Question Hi all, How do I stop JAWS from reading Word 2003 documents like this: the spacemarker dog spacemarker went spacemarker? Thanks Ari