I'm trying to test this with JAWS 18, Windows 10 and Word 2016. I can edit a footer by typing Alt+N, O, E. Alternatively, I can work my way through the Insert tab of the ribbon to find this command (Insert -> Footer -> Edit Footer).
At this point (having invoked the above command), I'm in a footer field into which I can type text or edit existing text. While editing the footer, there are commands in the ribbon to insert the time and date, document information, etc. JAWS is reading everything as expected. Are your steps different from mine? If not, this might have been fixed in JAWS 18 or in a Microsoft Word update. I'm running Word 2016 Pro Plus as downloaded from Office365, so it's always kept up to date. Jean Menzies <jemenz...@shaw.ca> wrote: > I’m using Word 2016 and Jaws 17.0.2619. > > I want to create documents with page footers. Each page needs its own unique > footer. I know how to get to the footer dialogue, but Jaws doesn’t read any > of the text in the dialogue as I type or as it appears. Outside of the > dialogue, I can use insert F1 to hear document info, but this is a tedious > way to check footers, and doesn’t allow for editing, etc. > > Is there a solution for this? It used to work in previous versions of Word > and Jaws. > > Jean > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
