[nfbcs] Excel f2 key Error

Fri Apr 27 18:40:11 UTC 2018

Hi Jeanine,

For NVDA, following Quentin’s suggestion: I hit alt + f, up-arrowed to options, hit enter, arrowed down to advanced, tabbed to the check box for “directly editing
cells “, unchecked that box, and hit OK.  This solved my f2 Excel editing problem.

This is not necessary for the latest release of JAWS.

Regards
Louis Maher
Phone: 713-444-7838
E-mail ljmaher03 at outlook.com

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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Excell f2 key Error

Hi Louis, I thought I saw a resolution to NVDA and the f2 error come across this mailing list, but I'm not finding it.
Can anyone tell me how to get around the issue, where NVDA says "unknown" when the f2 key is pressed in Excel? I am running latest version of Excel from office 365 with latest version of NVDA.
Thank you!

On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 8:36 PM, Louis Maher via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org<mailto:nfbcs at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
Hello,

I am glad to hear Glen say that relief for Excel's issues  is coming soon.

For the record, I am using Office 365 (Excel 2016) running on my local computer.

Regards
Louis Maher
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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Excell f2 key Error

Hi to All,

I'm pleased to report that we've gotten to the bottom of this and other Excel reliability issues for the JAWS 2018 April update. It should be out within the next couple of weeks.

Thanks

--Glen

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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Excell f2 key Error

Louis,

Tracking down issues like this has become much more difficult because of the constant changes that Microsoft is making.  However, F2 is an Excel key and not specific to JAWS, so it should work on both screen readers.  Having said that, I do not doubt the fact that you are having problems.  To isolate this, though, we need to know the exact version of Excel you are using.
Where you go for this varies with the general version, though.  Can you shed some light on this?  This seems like a pretty serious issue and we need to try to raise its visibility.  In addition, calling their Disability Answer Desk is a valid and encouraged way to report problems as well as getting help.  They might be able to help figure out which version of Excel you are using.

Let us know what happens.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

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Subject: [nfbcs] Excell f2 key Error

Folks,

With arrival of JAWS 2018.1803.24, the f2 Excel cell editing function ceased to function properly.  VFO acknowledges that this is a known JAWS issue.

In Excel, when you hit the f2 key to edit a cell, you can't see the cell contents in a braille display, and while you can hear the cell contents letter by letter moving horizontally, you can't get speech or braille output if you arrow up and down, or move by words with control left and right arrow.

For other reasons, I have switched to NVDA for Excel.  How does NVDA edit a cell.  F2 on NVDA just says unknown.

Perhaps this is a Microsoft issue.

Thanks.

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Louis Maher
Phone: 713-444-7838
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