Which version of Excel are you using? The XLSX format was introduced in Excel 2007 and has been the standard Excel format since. If you are using Excel 2003 or earlier, it might not open it, although

YouTube displays the comments under the recommended videos, and it starts with the spot for you to add a public comment. Although there is something which acts like an edit field to "add a public comm

Hi Armando, It shouldn't matter what kind of keyboard you are using, or the blink rate - the blink rate and cursor size only affect how it appears on screen. The keyboard delay affects when you hold d

Outlook Express was in Windows XP Became Windows mail in Windows Vista Became Windows Live mail in Windows 7 and joined the Windows Essentials suite. For Windows 10, the equivalent would be Mail which

Hi Marie, You can create "Configuration Profiles" for individual programs in NVDA, yes. 1. Make sure you are in Outlook (or whichever program you want to set a profile for) 2. Press NVDA+control+p to

Could you have set up a configuration profile maybe for the current program? if so, changing the voice will only affect that program and it will revert to the default voice if you change programs. NVD

Basically because we started the process towards the release back in December, optimistically thinking we might get it released last year. In the end we didn't want to rush it out just for the sake of

Hi everyone, NV Access is pleased to announce that version 2020.4 of NVDA, the free screen reader for Microsoft Windows, is now available for download. We encourage all users to upgrade to this versio

Hi Jim, Firstly, I'd suggest reading through the "Switching from Jaws to NVDA" guide at: https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda-community/wiki/SwitchingFromJawsToNVDA - It covers a lot o the "How do I do [i

Hi Heather, Are you using the Weather Plus add-on? https://addons.nvda-project.org/addons/Weather_Plus.en.html From that page, Press NVDA+shift+control+w to set a temporary city. Press NVDA+shift+cont

I listened a couple of times and I'm trying to work out where you are. When you said you are in the license, I can hear "Exceptions" and then "drivers and Microsoft". I can't quite tell what it is say

Michael, You are most welcome! I'm glad I could help. All the best Quentin.

Hi Michael, The easiest possible solution is that NVDA's mouse tracking has been disabled - if that is the case, press NVDA+m to reinstate it (easy to do if you go to open the NVDA menu and miss by on

NV Access have a module on using PowerPoint with NVDA: https://www.nvaccess.org/product/microsoft-powerpoint-with-nvda-ebook/ Kind regards Quentin.

It is possible to change the keystroke to bring up the NVDA menu (open the NVDA menu, preferences, then down arrow to "Input Gestures" and enter. In that dialog search for "NVDA menu"). However, befor

Thank you Mário, you are most welcome! Also, for anyone wanting to improve their skills with Microsoft Office and NVDA, we have training material for Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint at https://www

You're welcome - I must admit, I initially got confused by the fact that if you move backwards from the edit, you get to a "toolbar" which only has one button in it - and not the one I wanted (it's th

Hi Mário, Yes NVDA works great with Office 365. There are some things which work better, for instance, spell check in Word didn't used to have the option to read the context of the misspelt word or de

Note that your NVDA key will be either INSERT or CAPS LOCK, depending on what you have setup. As Gene suggested, if you can't get to it that way, you can go via the notification area (system tray): 1.

I had a look at the first option Brian suggested: SpaceSniffer The download page is: http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/download.html The direct download is: https://www.fosshub.com/Spac