[nfbcs] Microsoft Excel support in JAWS

[Bryan Schulz]

hi,

now you finally admit that jaws 12 causes problems.

Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicole B. Torcolini at Home" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Microsoft Excel support in JAWS


> Unfortunately, I think that some of the things that worked in JAWS 10 and 
> 11 no longer work properly in JAWS 12.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Patrick B" <peanut440 at hotmail.com>
> To: <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 1:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Microsoft Excel support in JAWS
>
>
>>
>> Hi Nicole,I have performed updates to JAWS 12 as well as any updates to 
>> MS Office. I didn't think an update like that would break it, although I 
>> do know it's possible. As far as I can tell, Excel is the only program 
>> that's behaving differently with JAWS. Patrick
>>> From: "Nicole B. Torcolini at Home" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
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>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 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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