Hi Ed, I remember looking at this some time back, and finding WE couldn't read such automatic numbering, even without style separators being involved. It seemed to be because the text of automatic numbers is actually not in the document (according to the document model), which WE uses for it's reading, not the contents of the screen. it's very like a watermark in this respect, which WE will also not read, because it too isn't represented as text in the document model.
I would however like to see an example of a document, if you don't mind, which has some of this unreadable numbering. and, if you can generate some automatic numbering which is readable and add it to the document, I'd like to see it also. I will have another look to see if scripting can do anything for you, if you will send it to my work address at: [email protected] please do not zip it up, we cannot receive zipped files per our security czar. I do seem to recall now, that it is possible to obtain the contents of the automatic numbering from the paragraph attributes, and WE may be trying to do that, but a paragraph with a style separator is actually two paragraphs, treated as one, and the attributes are those only of the final paragraph mark. you can, with some extra difficulty, get to the attributes of the style separator paragraph, but it may be that WE is not doing this. Chip -----Original Message----- From: Ed Marquette [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 3:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Numbers not reading in MS Word All: Perhaps this is fixed in 7.2, but this has been a persistent drawback of Window-Eyes for at least a couple of versions. If one uses styles, as do most law firms, the section or paragraph number will not be read by Window-Eyes when up and down arrow is used or when "read line at cursor" is used, and a style or paragraph separator is employed . This, however, only happens when, for example, one uses automatic numbering as a part of a style and one inserts the paragraph or style separate in a line. Let's say the style automatically uses Arabic numbers. sets the character attributes to bold, and displays the text in solid capital letters. Now let's say the heading is only a short phrase,like "REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES," and one wants the text of the section to start reading as follows: 6.5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Licensee and Licensor represent to each other as follows: If one uses a style separator at the period in the above line so that the text after the period is in a different case and font, Window-Eyes won't read the 6.5. I can duplicate this behavior 100% of the time. To hear the number, one must synchronize the mouse and the pointer (cursor) and then employ the "mouse read line" command. This is not life threatening, but it is annoying. Any ideas would be appreciated. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
