I use the same method Jon does, and to answer Ana's question, these 
title announcements persist when I alt tab to another application and 
alt tab back. I do not have to reset up title announcements when I alt 
tab back to the same spread sheet.


On 05/27/2014 03:34 PM, Jonathon Marcotte wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ana G
>> Sent: May 27, 2014 12:18 PM
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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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