Hello Geraldine! Unless you get a better solution to your Word Count query before this one reaches you then my suggestion is that you simply bring up the said Document and then Press the Left Alt. Then simply arrow across to the Tools menu and arrow up to Word count on that list. If you then enter on Word Count JAWS will read out lots of information on that Document from the number of words to the number of characters if you are keen to hear all this detail. Good luck with this amateurs offering and hope it solves your query for you...Martin