There is a new DAISY book "Xtra Creating Excel forms with input messages" on the Freedom Scientific Training page. It can be read with the FS Reader Demo. Brian Lee brianllee@xxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "jaws tech" <jawsmaster@xxxxxxxxx> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 10:45 PM Subject: [jawsscripts] Excel forms > Hi all. I'd like to know if there is a way to develop forms in Excel that > are JAWS friendly similar > to the well known method used with MS Word. If there isn't an easy way to > attach text to some > "help text" property of the form field in Excel, then does anyone know of > any approaches through > scripting to do the same thing. > I was thinking of maybe writing a script that interacted with the Excel > Object Model to essentially > mimic the methodology currently in place for MS Word. In other words, > have > the form developer > include a string of text in some yet to be defined property and have my > script speak this text when > the focus changes in Excel. > > I don't want to re-invent the wheel so please let me know what if anything > already exists to accomplish > the same goal. Excel forms are so common I'd be suprised if this is the > first time someone has gone > down this road...... > > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > http://www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at http://www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts