[access-uk] Re: How to stop JAWS announcing merged cells in MS Excel
- From: Chris <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Carol Pearson <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:59:18 +0100
I think it's a visual thing Carol, to make the workbook less cluttered from a
visual standpoint. What I do when I see merged cells is to unmerge them. This
enables me to read the data cell by cell.
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Chris Hallsworth
Derbyshire, UK
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Well, sorry Chris, no it doesn't. I mean, I understand that's the case but
why do you want to do it? What does it achieve?
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Carol
carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Saturday, July 19, 2008 2:39 PM (UK time), Chris at
christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx said:
> Hi, it's where a group of cells are "merged" together into one cell.
> Hope that helps.
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> Chris Hallsworth
> Please visit my blog at http://chrishallsworth.wordpress.com
> You wrote:
> I don't quite understand "merge cells" ... though I've seen it used
> on some
> spread sheets. Anyone explain it to me, please?
>> Hi all,
>> I am currently creating an excel spreadsheet and require to merge
>> cells. The problem is that JAWS does not speak the contents of merged
>> cells, just the row or column name and merged cells, even though I
>> change the setting in the verbosity settings to merged cells off, as
>> soon as I exit the settings it still speaks merged cells, and when I
>> go back into the settings, merged cells is on again. Where's my
>> hammer!
>> Any help much appreciated.
>> Dave
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