[nfbcs] Microsoft Excel support in JAWS

Nicole B. Torcolini at Home ntorcolini at wavecable.com
Wed Oct 5 16:39:18 UTC 2011


Have you done an update lately? Even if you did not install an update 
specifically for that program, things sometimes can get changed with the 
regular updates that happen automatically. Also, are any other programs 
doing similar things? It could be a problem with JAWS.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick B" <peanut440 at hotmail.com>
To: <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 9:35 AM
Subject: [nfbcs] Microsoft Excel support in JAWS


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> Hi, Has something happened with accessibility in Microsoft Excel using 
> JAWS? I used to have no trouble using it, I could use the arrow keys to 
> move between cells and JAWS would announce the coordinates of the cell and 
> read the contents. Now, when I try this, JAWS reads nothing. the only way 
> I can get it to read anything is by performing a read current line 
> keystroke, where it reads a number of cells all together in a nonsensical 
> fashion. Even weirder is the fact that the last time I remember it 
> working, I was still using the same version of Excel (2010 Professional) 
> and JAWS (12).Does anybody know why this might be happening? 
> Thanks,Patrick
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