Hi,
I have had intermittent problems like this with Excel back in Windows7 and
Excell2010, as well as Excel2016 on both a Windows 7 and 10 machine. This
particular problem has occurred less frequent that the other problems, such
as JAWS reading nothing, or only part of the cell contents. Yes, all of
these problems make it almost impossible to edit a cell. There are a couple
of things I do to work around these problems.
Make sure the Excel Window is maximized. Even if the maximize choice on the
menu is greyed out, I press enter when I am on it just for good measure.
Sometimes this actually makes a difference.
Use F2 to get into the cell contents. Move to the start of the cell
contents with control+home. Now right arrow until you get to the
information you want to change.
Use F2 to open the cell with the original text that you want to have an
edited version of in a different cell. Select All. JAWS may very well not
tell you that the text is selected. Copy with Control+C. Use Escape to get
out of the cell. Move to the new cell and open it with F2. Use Control+V to
paste the information into the cell, and now edit it.
As a last resort when nothing seems to be fixing the problem, Use F2 to open
the cell, select the entire contents of that cell, copy it and then paste it
into Notepad. Make the fix, copy it and then paste it in the new cell that
is open with F2. If you use this option, make sure you use Notepad and not
Word. The text format in Word will be brought over with the text when you
paste it back into the cell.
I've noticed that the problem gets worse as the day progresses. Relaunching
Excel usually does not fix it. A system reboot sometimes is a fix, but
there is no guarantee.
HTH,
Annette
-Original Message-
From: JAWS-Users-List On Behalf Of
George Martinez Sr
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2018 3:30 PM
To: JAWS USERS
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Excel cells now reading differently
Hello all,
I am using JAWS 2018 and Office 365 in Windows 10 1803.
I have just noticed the last week or 2 a very annoying event in Excel.
I have a Description in a cell as follows, "June 27 payroll draw"
When I go to that cell and press F2 and begin to arrow right each time I
arrow right JAWS reads me "June 27 payroll draw" instead of "J" then "U"
etc.
This is more than annoying because if I did not have a little residual sight
I would have no way of knowing where the cursor is to delete the 7 and
replace with 8.
Is anyone else finding this in Excel recently?
I feel like the little white ball bouncing between Microsoft and VFO's
paddles of "improvement."
George A. Martinez, Accountant
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