[Athen] The Ribbon in Microsoft Word

[Russell Solowoniuk]

Hi Robert,

What version of NVDA are you running? I just tried going to the Home tab in MS Word 2016 with NVDA 2017.4. I press the alt key to go to the Home tab. I then press enter to open the home tab, and I land on the Paste button. I press alt + down arrow, and am in a list of paste options, “Use destination theme”, “Paste Special”, “Keep source formatting”, etc.

Thanks,

Russell

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From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Spangler
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 1:28 PM
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Subject: Re: [Athen] The Ribbon in Microsoft Word

Thanks everyone for your responses.
Neither of these suggestions work with NVDA.  I will need to reach out to their list and ask.  I'll report back when I find out.
Thank goodness for object nav.
Robert

On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 2:44 PM, S A. Marositz <SAMAROSITZ at pasadena.edu<mailto:SAMAROSITZ at pasadena.edu>> wrote:
Hi Robert

Alt+down errow is supposed to do it. Another option for activating “split buttons” is space bar where “enter” will simply activate it. You are right, This does not seem to be working in Word 2016 with NVDA. It is with Jaws18 though.

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From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu>] On Behalf Of Robert Spangler
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 11:23 AM
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Subject: [Athen] The Ribbon in Microsoft Word

Hello everyone!  I'm using a screen reader with Word 2016 (NVDA to be specific) and I am trying to figure out how to activate submenus on the ribbon.  For example, the first button off the Home tab is the Paste button.  I have been told, though, that there is an arrow next to it that when clicked will open a menu with related options, such as Paste Special.
How does one access this menu with the keyboard?  I can get to the paste button itself, but pressing enter on it of course executes the paste command.  Pressing the applications key or right clicking pulls up another menu, but not the one I want.  I noticed that, with NVDA, routing the cursor to the object, using some object nav magic then left-clicking produces the menu with Paste Special, Text Only, etc but there has to be an easier way...I hope?
Thanks in advance for your wisdom!
Robert


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