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NVDA and Tables in Microsoft Word

Sanjog Kumawat
 

Hello,

 

I am facing some issues with tables in Microsoft Word and NVDA. Following is the detailed explanation:

 

Issue Description

When UI automation is on, NVDA does not recognize tables in Microsoft Word, especially in browse mode. As a result, I cannot use Easy Table Navigator addon to navigate the table.

 

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open Microsoft Word document which has tables.
  2. Turn on NVDA with UI automation for Microsoft Word documents. One can set UI automation to anything except ‘Default’.
  3. Try reading and navigating the table in Word in browse mode of NVDA.

 

Expected Result

NVDA should recognize tables in both focus as well as browse modes, and they should be navigable using Easy Table Navigator addon.

 

Actual Result

NVDA does not recognize tables in word documents when UI automation is turned on, especially in browse mode.

 

Testing Environment

OS: Windows 11 Home Edition

Office Version: Microsoft Office 365 Enterprise (latest version)

Screen reader: NVDA 2022.1 RC2

 

Remarks

The same issue can be reproduced with NVDA 2021.3 and later. I use UI automation as I need to read and write STEM content.

However, NVDA recognizes tables in the focus mode even when UI automation is turned on and set as ‘Always’ in case of 2022.1 RC2. But in that case, I am unable to use Easy Table Navigator addon to navigate the table, and it is very hard to use Ctrl + Alt + arrow keys for a long time.

 

With Best Regards,

Sanjog Kumawat

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William
 

As far as I remember, this issue has been discussed before.

I am also experiencing the same problem.



Sanjog Kumawat 於 21/5/2022 13:59 寫道:

Hello,

 

I am facing some issues with tables in Microsoft Word and NVDA. Following is the detailed explanation:

 

Issue Description

When UI automation is on, NVDA does not recognize tables in Microsoft Word, especially in browse mode. As a result, I cannot use Easy Table Navigator addon to navigate the table.

 

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open Microsoft Word document which has tables.
  2. Turn on NVDA with UI automation for Microsoft Word documents. One can set UI automation to anything except ‘Default’.
  3. Try reading and navigating the table in Word in browse mode of NVDA.

 

Expected Result

NVDA should recognize tables in both focus as well as browse modes, and they should be navigable using Easy Table Navigator addon.

 

Actual Result

NVDA does not recognize tables in word documents when UI automation is turned on, especially in browse mode.

 

Testing Environment

OS: Windows 11 Home Edition

Office Version: Microsoft Office 365 Enterprise (latest version)

Screen reader: NVDA 2022.1 RC2

 

Remarks

The same issue can be reproduced with NVDA 2021.3 and later. I use UI automation as I need to read and write STEM content.

However, NVDA recognizes tables in the focus mode even when UI automation is turned on and set as ‘Always’ in case of 2022.1 RC2. But in that case, I am unable to use Easy Table Navigator addon to navigate the table, and it is very hard to use Ctrl + Alt + arrow keys for a long time.

 

With Best Regards,

Sanjog Kumawat

Membership Support [Asia & Africa].

Contact us: +919284028466

Alternate Helpline number: +919650211575

[Mobile, WhatsApp and Google Duo]

Helpline Email ID: membership-india@...

 

              

 

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Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609, USA.

Bookshare Helpline - Asia & Africa

Contact us: +919650211575 

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Brian Vogel
 

I am presuming that you have visited the NVDA GitHub issues page, searched to see if an issue already exists and commented on it if it does, or created a new issue if it does not.

Your report is beautifully written and almost perfectly follows the format required for submitting an issue.  But this group is not the place where reporting issues is going to result in their being actually reviewed by the NVDA development team and added to the collection of issues to be fixed.  That occurs on GitHub.

Creating a Github Account

Creating an Issue in GitHub for NVDA
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Cyrille
 

Hello

In addition to Brian's reply, I would recommend to separate NVDA's issue from EasyTableNAvigator's one.
Regarding EasyTableNavigator, there is already an issue opened. Please comment there.

Cheers,

Cyrille
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