[NABS-L] [nabs-l] issue with MS word and VoiceOver

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> On Mar 16, 2022, at 11:01 AM, Danielle Sykora via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I encountered a problem using MS word with VoiceOver on Mac yesterday.
> When I use the down arrow to navigate by line, VoiceOver speech does
> not read line by line. Each time I press the down arrow, VoiceOver
> begins reading from the start of the document. The Braille Display
> does show that the cursor is moving line by line down the document.
> However, on the Braille display, a new line appears as simply a space
> between words. Put another way, VoiceOver speech only reads the entire
> document each time I press the down arrow. THe Braille display makes
> it appear as if I am reading one continuous paragraph with no line
> breaks.
> 
> I can however navigate line by line if I am within a table in word or
> using any other application.
> 
> Has anyone encountered this before? This started seemingly happening
> randomly yesterday and I can't figure out if I accidentally changed
> some setting. I thought it might be that the VoiceOver and keyboard
> cursors are not synchronized, but this box is checked in settings.
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> Danielle
> 
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