Hello Anna
The way I do it is in the jaws quick settings dialog box. You do insert plus V then arrow down to where it says call Monroe titles announced. And something like that.

Jon

> On May 27, 2014, at 12:06 PM, "East, Robin" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Hmmm, this is what I do for excel 2010
> 
> Go to the first cell of your row of titles
> You could highlight the entire row but I have found it is not necessary.
> Once on the first cell of the row of titles do an Hmmm, now I am using windows 7...
> So I do an alt M then M again then hit enter.
> Now I put in the word Titles with a cap on the first letter. You can use any word. I use Titles so if I have to delete this I will always know what it is. 
> Hit enter and you are done.
> 
> Now your title Rows will be spoken as you move across your spreadsheet.
> 
> You can do the same for columns Here you will need to highlight the column do the alt M, M, enter and type in rowtitle cap on the R
> 
> Give it a go and see how it works for windows 8.1. It may be the keystrokes may be a bit different but since they are similar from Office 2007 to 2010 I am hopeing they will be similar to Office 2013. Also, there may be differences due to Windows 8.1...
> 
> robin
> 
> 
> 
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> Subject: [VICUG-L] Jaws and Row/Column Titles in Excel
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> How do you get Jaws to remember row and column titles?
> 
> I'm recording student grades in an Excel spreadsheet. I've selected the 
> top row and the first column and used the Jaws command for setting 
> column and row titles, Jaws+alt+ctrl+c and Jaws+alt+ctrl+r respectively.
> 
> This works in that I can arrow around, and as I do, I hear the row and 
> column titles--in this case, the name of the student and the particular 
> assignment (John Smith, Essay 1).
> 
> the problem is that, when I use alt+tab to move to another program, like 
> to Windows Explorer to make sure I didn't put an assignment in the wrong 
> folder, Jaws no longer gives me row and column titles when I return to 
> Excel. I need to select and reset both all over again. I've been working 
> on this for about two hours with frequent uses of the alt+tab, and only 
> once have I not had to reset row and column titles.
> 
> Is there a trick I'm missing?
> 
> I'm using Windows 8.1, Jaws 15, and Excel 2013. As I'm doing this, I'm 
> remember that I've had this problem before though I think I didn't have 
> to reset titles as often.
> 
> Ciao
> 
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