Hi everyone,

 

The next installment in Welcome to NVDA 2018 tutorial set is now available from www.josephsl.net/tutorials. This one (part 5) is a bit livelier than the last one, as it covers a diverse set of features, including more than 20 applications, several add-ons, and couple NVDA features.

 

Changes from 2015 edition:

 

• Completely redone and reorganized, including division into three themes: Microsoft Office, universal apps, and other apps and tools.
• Microsoft Word: enhancements over the years are showcased, including elements list, formatting commands, moving to next/previous spelling errors, spelling error buzzer, and a brief demonstration of braille input (complete with word echo (speak typed words, in this case, speak back-translation results from contracted braille to text).
• Microsoft Excel: cell comments, column/row headers, and a word on using browse mode to read protected sheets.
• Microsoft Outlook: introduction to calendar and other facilities besides sending and receiving email, address auto-completion when composing new messages.
• Microsoft PowerPoint: creating and delivering presentations, speaker notes.
• Universal apps: mostly first party apps are showcased (requires Windows 10 App Essentials add-on for some features).
• Microsoft Store: completely revamped interface, keyboard navigation and object navigation.
• Calculator: the modern version is showcased, including calculator modes, unit and currency conversions and others.
• Alarms and Clock: running a stopwatch and countdown timer and how to deal with toast notifications.
• Mail (universal app): basics of this app, including message composition and a note about navigation issues.
• Skype (universal app): reviewing messages, basic shortcut keys, and how to answer incoming calls.
• GoldWave: the new Windows Store version is used, along with looking at track information (GoldWave add-on required for additional commands).
• StationPlaylist Studio: playlist viewer basics (for enhanced experience, install StationPlaylist Studio add-on).
• Microsoft Visual Studio: code editor and Intelli-Sense.
• Notepad++: basics and a live example of indentation tones.
• Kindle for PC: reading a sample book and basic features.
• 7-Zip and poedit: overview and 7-Zip File Manager, along with a brief visit to Poedit.
• Command-line tools: Command Prompt, PowerShell, Windows Subsystem for Linux/Bash along with a review of review cursor basics.

 

You may notice different audio qualities for some segments, but overall, it is much better than the 2015 edition. Comments are appreciated.

Enjoy.

Cheers,

Joseph