Hi Marie When I want to insert a foreign character in Microsoft Word, I press insert and 4 and it brings up a list of all the foreign characters available. I can down arrow to the character I want or, for example, press e which will bring me to E acute. I then press enter and e acute is inserted. Hope this may be of some help Joan Ann. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marie Travers To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 5:27 PM Subject: [vip_students] ALT GR key Hi I work with a boy who uses Microsoft Word and Jaws to do his homework. He has a Sony Vaio 1.2 ghz VGN-TX3XP. After he presses the alt gr key Jaws starts to act funny in MS Word. For example, in word after he presses the alt gr key and i to insert a foreign character, Jaws says overtype mode active. Can anyone help as it is very frustrating for him. Regards Marie Travers