To edit, you must make a selection (hightlight what you want to edit) before the different editing effects become available. Judith Making the Complicated Simple! http://www.agoodread.com Thanks to all who advised me on getting Jaws to work with the above. In Sounds and Audio Devices in Control pannel, I unchecked the box "use only default devices". My question now is where I can learn about editing. When in audacity a lot of things in the menu bar are announced as "unavailable". I can record and play, but can't do much else like volume etc. Any help gratefully received. Ron