This is surprising. I am running Jaws 2019 latest April update, and finding no issues with Office 365 whatsoever including the spell checker. I am able to use the same shortcut keys. I am running Windows 10 latest update on Surface Pro 6 with Office 365 home annual subscription.
Regards, Amar Jain -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia <accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in> On Behalf Of Mahesh S. Panicker Sent: Sunday, May 5, 2019 9:35 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Subject: Re: [AI] Issue with spell checker on Microsoft Word Thanks a lot Zujar. The Jaws shortcuts are of some help, but I just hate what Microsoft has done! Do you if there are any programs like classic start menu for Office that can fix this issue. ? Best, On 5/5/19, Zujar Shabbir Kanchwala <zujarbri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Mahesh, > > They have replaced the dialog box based Spell checker with a pane on > the right of the Ms Word window. It can be accessed using the F6 function key. > However, the shortcuts like ALT+G for Ignore All, ALT+L for Change > All, etc do not function any more. I am currently working using the > TAB key though not as convenient as the shortcut keys. > > You can also try out the JAWS keystroke ALT+SHIFT+L for listing > identified Spelling errors and the keystroke INSERT+SHIFT+G for > listing identified grammatical errors in Ms Word. Note that these > keystrokes sometimes take long to produce output in large documents. > > Some additions to Spell check utility includes options like Read > Aloud, Spell out, etc. These options may not be much useful to users > of screen reading software however others may find them useful. > > Best Regards, > Zujar. > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia <accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in> On Behalf > Of Mahesh S. Panicker > Sent: 05 May 2019 01:28 PM > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Subject: [AI] Issue with spell checker on Microsoft Word > > Dear all, > I am facing an issue with Microsoft word, Office 365 2016. As Word got > updated, I can't access the old style spell checker. Instead, the > newly introduced editer comes up on pressing F7. It is hard to > navigate with Jaws or NVDA, and the shortcut keys don't work > consistently. Ander all these years of using the earlier system, I am > finding the new thing from Microsoft rather distasteful. Anyways I can > get back the old style spell checker that is accessible with screen > readers? > Thanks in advance, > > -- > Dr. Mahesh S. Panicker > Assistant Professor, > Department of Political Science, > Lady Shri Ram College for Women, > Lajpat Nagar > New Delhi 110024 > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org > .in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. 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