[nabs-l] Question about Excel

Wed Apr 5 00:34:03 UTC 2017

The free on line Excel course through the Hadley Institute is a decent way to get started. If you're looking for more advanced information, then you may want to invest $90 in a book from Access Tech Institute at blind.training The site is set up almost like ablog, but it contains links to purchase the materials, and she will send you a link to a zip file that you have to download, I believe within 48 hours of receiving it. Hope this helps. 

> On Apr 4, 2017, at 8:37 AM, Steve Jacobson via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Sami,
> 
> Generally speaking, you navigate a spreadsheet with the arrow keys.
> However, instead of moving by characters as you do in a word processor, you
> move cell by cell.  Each press of the arrow key should give you the contents
> of the cell and also the coordinates, that is, the column and row.  The
> column is indicated by a letter and a row is indicated by a number.  The top
> left of a spreadsheet is indicated by A1.  It is possible to change this,
> though.  CONTROL HOME goes to the upper left and HOME to the beginning of
> the row.  The END key has another use, though.  The END key is usually the
> first of a two key sequence to move to different parts of the spreadsheet.
> There are other ways to move as well.
> 
> There is some formatting on spreadsheets that can make navigating them less
> predictable.  Someone else can set up their spreadsheet to hide certain
> columns and rows, merge some together, and have a cell in one row "span"
> multiple columns.  You might try creating your own spreadsheet first to get
> the hang of all this.
> 
> If this helps, some of us might be able to suggest documents that can help
> you get started with Excel.  There is even some on the Microsoft
> Accessibility web page that could be useful.  Is it this kind of basic
> information you need?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Steve Jacobson
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2017 10:23 PM
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> Cc: Sami Osborne <ligne14 at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Question about Excel
> 
> Hi Jessica and all,
> 
> For info, I'm using JAWS 17 with Windows 7 64 bits.
> 
> Thanks once again,
> 
> Sami
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jessica Dail via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
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> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 23:10:52 -0400
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Question about Excel
> 
> Hi,
> I have a few questions for you, that may help us answer your 
> question.
> 1.  What screen-reader are you using?
> 2.  What operating system are you using?
> 3.  Have you tried Google sheets?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jessica
> 
> On Apr 3, 2017, at 10:58 PM, Sami Osborne via NABS-L 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Rex,
> 
> Thanks for your help, but that wasn't exactly my question.  I 
> have no problems opening the Excel spreadsheet.  The only thing 
> I'm asking is how to navigate it and actually view its contents.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Sami
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rex Schuttler <rexschuttler at gmail.com 
> <mailto:rexschuttler at gmail.com
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> Date sent: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 21:30:28 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Question about Excel
> 
> Hello,
> 
> My first question is how did she send it to you.  Was it in a 
> attachment with the email? If it was sent as an attachment.  You 
> need to save it to your computer.  Then go into your downloads 
> folder and find the file.  Then head your application key it will 
> bring up a drop-down box.  Up arrow to the properties tab and hit 
> enter on that.  Then tab threw it into you hear something that 
> says on block checked any need to on check that.  Then it should 
> open up the file to view.  And then once you do that tab over to 
> apply hit and then tap to you OK and hit .  Then it should be 
> able to open up and you should be able to view it that way.  
> That's the way I think could fix it.  I hope this works for you.  
> And if you have any questions please feel free to ask for me 
> directly in the email thread.  Rex Schuttler
> Second vice President of the national Federation of the blind of 
> Oklahoma
> President of the Central chapter of the national Federation of 
> the blind of Oklahoma
> cell phone number
> 918-955-6761
> 
> On Apr 3, 2017, at 8:36 PM, Sami Osborne via NABS-L 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org <mailto:nabs-l at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> My English professor sent my class an email with an Excel 
> spreadsheet, detailing the times/dates that we all have to meet 
> with her for our essays.  I have almost zero  experience with 
> Excel, and when I opened the spreadsheet last night, I tried to 
> navigate it, but I wasn't able to view the actual contents - the 
> only thing I saw were the different columns and rows such as 
> "A1," "A2," etc.  How do you actually view the contents of each 
> columns and rows? Every command (tab key, arrows, and enter key) 
> don't seem to work.  I believe the way my professor has it 
> arranged is that the name of each student in the class plus their 
> assigned meeting timeslot are in separate columns/rows.
> 
> I hope you guys can help me with this, because it's really 
> necessary that I meet with my professor; this meeting is part of 
> our grade for the essay.
> 
> Thanks and have a good night,
> 
> Sami
> 
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