[jawsscripts] Re: Excel forms
- From: "jaws tech" <jawsmaster@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 17:38:24 -0400
Thanks Brian. That turned out to be exactly what I was looking for. So no
need to
re-invent the wheel......although it would have been a neat little scripting
project.
On 5/19/08, Brian Lee <brianllee@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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>
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> 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......
> >
> >
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