Can you access the ribbon? If so then it's possible another window, perhaps the recent documents pane, is up. Another option is that it might be minimized, which would mean that there was nothing for the screen reader to grab onto.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Howard > Traxler via Jfw > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 4:43 PM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Subject: Re: JAWS and Excel > > Well, I've removed and reinstalled MS office and excel stil doesn't > work. On the braille display it shows the cell designation backword, > like 1a instead of a1. I seem to remember somewhere you can change > that, but I don't know where. There is no speech at all. Maybe I > should reinstall jaws? any ideas? Thanks. > Howard > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Howard Traxler via Jfw" <[email protected]> > To: "Nicole Massey" <[email protected]>; "'The Jaws for Windows > support list.'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 7:21 AM > Subject: Re: JAWS and Excel > > > > Thanks Nicole, > > I tried the scroll lock key which didn't do anything I could tell. > My next thought is maybe something on the VIEW menu inside Excel. I > thnk I'm gonna start taking things apart here in preparation to > reinstalling some stuff. There are more problems than just excel. So, > here goes. > > Howard > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Nicole Massey" <[email protected]> > > To: "'Howard Traxler'" <[email protected]>; "'The Jaws > for Windows support list.'" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 2:42 PM > > Subject: RE: JAWS and Excel > > > > > >>I think this is an Excel problem. Your first thing to try is to hit > the > >> scroll lock key, as this can cause some problematic things to > happen. > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Howard > >>> Traxler via Jfw > >>> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 1:45 PM > >>> To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > >>> Subject: JAWS and Excel > >>> > >>> Don't know if this got through before: > >>> > >>> Hi JAWS Folks, > >>> > >>> I am using MS Office 2003 (Excel) on an XP Pro machine with JAWS 11 > and > >>> a powerbraille 80. All of a sudden, JAWS fails to read my Excel > >>> worksheets. Moving from cell to cell makes no sound nor display. > >>> Otherwise, JAWS is OK--though a bit slow.Would anyone have a clew > what > >>> I might have done and how to fix it? Should I look to JAWS or > Office > >>> for a fix? > >>> > >>> Thanks. > >>> > >>> Howard > >>> -------------- next part -------------- > >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > >>> URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the- > >>> jdh.com/attachments/20141124/a4335f63/attachment.html> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Jfw mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Jfw mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
