Hi All, I thought you might be interested to know that I wrote to FS tech support about the issues we're having getting the column and row title reading to work in Jaws 15 and Excel 2010.
They replied that all seems to be working as advertised on their end and requested a sample spreadsheet in which the function isn't working. I would really like to get them to at least admit the existence of the problem, if not fix it. So anyone could provide me with a sample spreadsheet they wouldn't mind sharing I would be grateful. The spreadsheets I use most often have this function enabled in excel 2003 where it works like a charm so I don't have an example of my own to send. Please contact me off-list if you can help. My addie is, [email protected]. Thanks On 4/21/14, Dave Maynard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ed; > > I have the same setup you have and have spent numerous hours trying to get > this feature to work as described. Even Eric D. at FS doesn't use it. > Eric > recently posted the following regarding a check book feature. > > > Get the file from: > http://www.jaws-users.com/text/Office/Sample-checkbook-register.html > > 1. Save the file and give it a name you wish to use. > 2. Now open the newly named file in Excel and move to Column A, Row 4, > (this > is the intersection of the row and column headings and the next step is to > inform JAWS of that). > 3. Press Insert + V to get into Quick Settings of JAWS for Excel. > 4. Press the letter T, and then down arrow to the item that says "Define > Name Column and Row Titles Override Off". > 5. Press Space Bar a couple of times so the item above is set to "On for > the > Current File". > 6. Now down arrow a few times to the item called: "Column Titles to Row > Range". Press Space and you should hear it reflect 4, since you were on row > 4. > 7. Now down arrow once to the item called: "Row Titles to Column Range". > Press Space and you should hear it reflect A, since you were in column A. > 8. Tab 3 times now to the OK button and press enter to dismiss the Dialog > and you are done. > > In the future, anytime you open a spread sheet with the name you gave this > one, it will assume that Row 4 has the column headings and Column A has the > row headings. If you are moving around in the area below and to the right > of > that intersecting point, it should read the headings as you navigate to > make > it easier to understand where you are. > > Hope this Helps, > Eric > > > Try it. It works. > > David Maynard > Franklin NC > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Ed Marquette > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 3:41 AM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Subject: Excel Title Reading > > Listers: > > I would like to have JAWS read column and row titles automatically as I > arrow through a template spreadsheet. I went through Dan Clark's > explanation from the Freedom Scientific training materials twice, and I > still cannot make this work. > > First, let me make it clear that this spreadsheet gets bounced around a > bit. > So, using the "quick settings" approach doesn't work for my situation > reliably. So, I'm trying to use Excel and JAWS to enter labels that will > stick with the template spreadsheet wherever it resides on my > computer/network. > > Second, I actually think Dan Clark may be skipping a step, but I have such > limited familiarity with Excel that I'm not sure. In his training session, > he opens up a training spreadsheet, goes to the row/column intersecting > cell > (top left) and then, in Excel 2010, hits alt plus m followed by m. When he > does so, the region title edit field contains a number of words joined > together by underline characters. Dan points out that you cannot use > spaces > in this thing, which I'll call a region title. Interestingly, Dan never > mentions how Excel generates this title for the region. I just get the > contents of the top left cell. > > He then proceeds to type in a new title. In that case, he enters > TitleRegion1..F8. Now, I know he is able to skip the top left coordinate > because his cursor was sitting in the top left coordinate when he undertook > the naming process. Of course, after he hits ENTER, the row and column > headings read just fine. > Nothing like that happens for me. > > By the way, I'm using JAWS 15, Excel 2010, and Windows 7. > > Here is where I think the problem is. > > In my little spreadsheet, A3 is "ClientName"; B3 is "ClientNumber"; C3 is > "MatterName"; D3 is "MatterNumber"; E3 is "Time"; and F3 is "Description". > > There is nothing in Column A below A3. That gets filled in with the client > names. > > When I hit Alt plus m and then m, instead of getting some name separated > with a bunch of underline characters, all I get is "ClientName," which is > the column title for column A. > > I think the region may need to be named before I assign the "TitleRegion1" > followed by the region's coordinates. I think Dan must have skipped a > step, > something that had already been done to his training spreadsheet. > > I guess the other problem might be that, unlike his sample spreadsheet, I > do > not have all the row titles filled in when I enter the name. > > I don't use Excel all that often, but this little spreadsheet could be > helpful - if it worked. > > Any assistance would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > Sent from my Yoga IdeaPad > > I. 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