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format announcements
Hi Try switching off Emphasis in the document formatting dialog NVDA+Control+d. Cheers Chris
Hi Try switching off Emphasis in the document formatting dialog NVDA+Control+d. Cheers Chris
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cloning a drive accessibly
Hi Richard Robocopy is available with Windows 10 operating system. To know more about Robocopy, please open the command prompt and type Robocopy /? in the command line. Also go through information fro
Hi Richard Robocopy is available with Windows 10 operating system. To know more about Robocopy, please open the command prompt and type Robocopy /? in the command line. Also go through information fro
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Chris Mullins
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Windows 10 native Mail app
Hi Brian If you are using Windows 10 I would install the Windows 10 App essentials add-on, which smoothes out some of the accessibility wrinkles within the OS and it’s apps, including Windows Mail. Ch
Hi Brian If you are using Windows 10 I would install the Windows 10 App essentials add-on, which smoothes out some of the accessibility wrinkles within the OS and it’s apps, including Windows Mail. Ch
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cloning a drive accessibly
Hi Robocopy is very good and can be configured to produce a report of what has been copied. I use it to back up my Document and Music folders to a USB drive. It is a Windows utility that has been arou
Hi Robocopy is very good and can be configured to produce a report of what has been copied. I use it to back up my Document and Music folders to a USB drive. It is a Windows utility that has been arou
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Chris Mullins
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Using NVDA With Remote!
Hi Thomas Your computers will connect to the remote session but unless each connection is configured properly, they will not communicate. Your friend needs to ensure she has selected “allow this machi
Hi Thomas Your computers will connect to the remote session but unless each connection is configured properly, they will not communicate. Your friend needs to ensure she has selected “allow this machi
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Selecting Files
Hi Gene Well I’m using Windows 10 with NVDA 2020.3 and it clearly announces “not selected” after each file name as I use Control+Shift+DownArrow to move through the list of files immediately after ope
Hi Gene Well I’m using Windows 10 with NVDA 2020.3 and it clearly announces “not selected” after each file name as I use Control+Shift+DownArrow to move through the list of files immediately after ope
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Chris Mullins
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Selecting Files
Hi It’s not the wrong command, you just need to understand how it works. Control+shift+Down Arrow checks the selection status of the file in focus and applies the same selection status to files traver
Hi It’s not the wrong command, you just need to understand how it works. Control+shift+Down Arrow checks the selection status of the file in focus and applies the same selection status to files traver
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Chris Mullins
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Say all in word working in a strange way
Hi Gene is correct, you use the shift key as a pause toggle when using the Say All command. Pressing the control key stops the Say All command and it appears to leave the cursor at the point that Say
Hi Gene is correct, you use the shift key as a pause toggle when using the Say All command. Pressing the control key stops the Say All command and it appears to leave the cursor at the point that Say
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Chris Mullins
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problems using NVDA with my new laptop
Hi Betsy The home key is used to move to the top of a list and this is a Windows key command rather than a NVDA command. One of the responses mentioned the FN key which laptops use as a modifier key t
Hi Betsy The home key is used to move to the top of a list and this is a Windows key command rather than a NVDA command. One of the responses mentioned the FN key which laptops use as a modifier key t
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How to turn off NVDA
Hi After pressing Insert+q, ensure the combo box in the Exit NVDA dialog is set to “Exit” and not to one of the restart options before yu press the OK button. Cheers Chris
Hi After pressing Insert+q, ensure the combo box in the Exit NVDA dialog is set to “Exit” and not to one of the restart options before yu press the OK button. Cheers Chris
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Chris Mullins
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LibreOffice Query
Hi I don’t know what you mean by “TGeneral Settings”. I get details of the filename etc when I first enter a spreadsheet and I press f2 then escape to start reading the sheet properly. As you are a a
Hi I don’t know what you mean by “TGeneral Settings”. I get details of the filename etc when I first enter a spreadsheet and I press f2 then escape to start reading the sheet properly. As you are a a
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web page navigation
Hi Don Try using the Brave browser. It uses Chrome and has a built-in ad blocker. Cheers Chris
Hi Don Try using the Brave browser. It uses Chrome and has a built-in ad blocker. Cheers Chris
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update on my Gmail issue
Hi It’s at heading lev3el 3 so press 3 a few times when in browse mode and you should land on the Contacts link. Cheers Chris
Hi It’s at heading lev3el 3 so press 3 a few times when in browse mode and you should land on the Contacts link. Cheers Chris
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shortcut keys
Hi Don It’s actually l for list and they are NVDA Single Letter Navigation keys for use in brwse mode. See section 6.1 of the NVDA User guide. Cheers Chris
Hi Don It’s actually l for list and they are NVDA Single Letter Navigation keys for use in brwse mode. See section 6.1 of the NVDA User guide. Cheers Chris
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LibreOffice and NVDA
Hi Brian I agree, there has got to be a way but I can’t find it. When positioned on one of the cells in question and I press Control+1 to open the format Cells dialog, it opens in the number tab with
Hi Brian I agree, there has got to be a way but I can’t find it. When positioned on one of the cells in question and I press Control+1 to open the format Cells dialog, it opens in the number tab with
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LibreOffice and NVDA
Hi Brian I do that but it displays 123.40 as 123.4. There is loads of help concerning suppressing leading zeroes but I can’t find anything to do with stopping it dropping trailing zeroes. Cheers Chris
Hi Brian I do that but it displays 123.40 as 123.4. There is loads of help concerning suppressing leading zeroes but I can’t find anything to do with stopping it dropping trailing zeroes. Cheers Chris
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LibreOffice and NVDA
Hi I have been using Libra Office for about 6 months and am not an intensive user as all I need it for are a few letters and spreadsheets. I can get by with it, I have the occasional crash which I hav
Hi I have been using Libra Office for about 6 months and am not an intensive user as all I need it for are a few letters and spreadsheets. I can get by with it, I have the occasional crash which I hav
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add-on for accessing the system tray
Hi Bob The system tray in Windows 10 is accessible without an add-on. Use the Windows+b command to move focus to it. There are 2 parts to the system tray and when it gets focus, you land in the “User
Hi Bob The system tray in Windows 10 is accessible without an add-on. Use the Windows+b command to move focus to it. There are 2 parts to the system tray and when it gets focus, you land in the “User
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windows 10 skype 7 is inaccessible with nvda.
Hi When I open Skype, I always press F11 for full screen mode, then I can move around it OK. I checked the Help, About menu item and it displayed the following: Skype version 8.66.0.77 Application ver
Hi When I open Skype, I always press F11 for full screen mode, then I can move around it OK. I checked the Help, About menu item and it displayed the following: Skype version 8.66.0.77 Application ver
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two different problems with NVDA and reading email
Hi Bob I can’t comment on the Outlook issues but regarding the Gmail basic HTML view, when you are browsing the list of messages, you are in a table, so use the table reading commands rather than just
Hi Bob I can’t comment on the Outlook issues but regarding the Gmail basic HTML view, when you are browsing the list of messages, you are in a table, so use the table reading commands rather than just
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