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Re: Are there major accessibility issues in Word, PowerPoint & Outlook

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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Nov 1, 2019 11:56AM

> It's not possible to add alt-text to an image in word only using the keyboard.

It's very possible to add alt text with the keyboard. For screen reader users like JAWS press control+shift+o select the image and then use the context menu and choose edit alt text. For non-screen reader users you can select the image with shift+left or right arrows then use the context menu to choose edit alt text.

Jonathan

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Hello,
Office products still have a long way to go until they have an incredible UX.
NVDA does not read content of cells while you are editing in Excel.
It's extremely difficult to read 2-columns in Word.
It's not possible to add alt-text to an image in word only using the keyboard.
When you are doing live editing, where two people are editing the same document at once, NVDA says "edit" before every line in word.

These are just the major problems I have experienced in the last week.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;


On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 3:08 AM Vemaarapu Venkatesh < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello all, Greetings!
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> Considering the fact that the accessibility of MS Word, PowerPoint &
> Outlook is been enhancing a lot recent days, still could someone find
> major accessibility issues in these desktop apps?
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> What about the mobile versions of these apps on Android & IOS, are
> they usable?
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> Regards,
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> Venkatesh
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