Hi,
I have
been working all day on this topic and have put together
the following notes about using PowerPoint with NVDA.
Please let me know what you think of these notes. Have you
any improvements to suggest?
I have
used PowerPoint 2010 on Windows 10 using NVDA 2016.2 on my
Desktop Pc.
Notes on
the use of PowerPoint with NVDA
1. File
opens in slide view
2. Page
Down moves from slide to slide showing the title pane
For the
first slide:
3. Press
tab to move to the title placeholder. NVDA reads the title
of the slide;
4. Press
tab again to move to the subtitle placeholder. NVDA reads
the subtitle;
5. Press
tab again to move to the embedded graphic. NVDA says
"Graphic" if no alt text;
6. Press
tab again to move to rectangle shape.
7. Press
tab again to return to the title placeholder at the top of
the slide
Press page
down For the second slide:
8. Press
tab to move to the title placeholder
9. Press
tab to go to the text placeholder. NVDA reads all the text
in the placeholder
10. Press
numpad 9 and numbpad 7 to read the text in the placeholder
line by line
11. Press
tab to move to the graphic image. NVDA reports the
location of the graphic in the computer when the alt text
has not been filled in.
Press page
down for the third slide
12. Press
tab for the Title placeholder
13. Press
tab for the object placeholder. NVDA reads all the text as
in the text placeholder at 9 above
Press
pagedown for slide 4;
Same as
slide 3.
Press page
down for slide 5
15. Press
tab for footer placeholder. NVDA reads all text in the
footer;
16. Press
tab for slide number placeholder. NVDA reads out the
number of the slide;
17. Press
tab for title placeholder
18. Press
tab for text placeholder.
19. Press
tab to return to the footer placeholder.
control+home
jumps to the first slide
control+end
jumps to the last slide.
The Slide
Show
Press F5
to start the slide show
NVDA reads
the whole slide from top to bottom including the title and
leaves the cursor at the bottom of the slide.
1. Press
page down and page up to move from slide to slide. Note
that it may be necessary to wait for a few seconds between
key presses to allow the slide show to catch up;
2. Press
numpad 9 and numpad 7 to read the contents of the slide
line by line.
3. Press
return or space bar to move to the next slide. Sometimes
nothing happens and then do the instruction at 4 below.
4. Type
the number of a slide followed by return to jump to that
slide.
5. Press
control-shift-s to switch back and forth between the slide
and its accompanying notes.
6. Use F6
to move between the status bar pane, slide view pane,
thumbnails pane and notes pane. Use the arrow keys to move
through the options available in each of these panes. Use
F6 to move to the chosen view to see the results.
7. Use the
escape key to exit the slide show.
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Hi again,
I am using
PowerPoint 2010 with NVDA 2016.2 and Windows 10 on a
desktop PC.
All advice
welcome, thanks!
All the
best,
Cearbhall
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Hi,
I have taken on a new project in which I
have to be able to read several PowerPoint presentations.
Are there any guides for using PowerPoint with NVDA? Can
anyone give me any pointers from their own experience?
