Hi Dave, I get it now. The problem arises from the way that Excel is laid out compared to Numbers. Notice that the Column headings such as A, B, C etc are handled differently in Excel and Numbers. In Excel, you can move one row up and read the cell reference letters pertaining to the column headers. In Numbers, you need to use the VO-back slash command to access these column headers. This is an inherent difference in that Numbers presents the spreadsheet as. a grouping of tables each with column and row headers. This makes it easier to use the VO table commands to work within the Numbers app. Because Excel uses different formatting of the sheet itself, the normal VO table commands do not work as expected. Excel is an amazing spreadsheet app, and, essentially, is more powerful than Numbers, but from a VO prospective, is not as friendly. to the sighted user, these issues probably wouldn't present themselves, but to us, they are a barrier. I totally understand about wanting to know the title of the headers, but I'm thinking that, as you've aptly determined, this is more problematic in Excel than Numbers.
Sorry I didn't find a solution for you. Best. Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Jamf Certified Associate Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Sep 16, 2019, at 08:46, Dave Carlson <dgcarl...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Tim, You may have already caught the underlying problem: It not the lack of the Column/Row coordinates, it’s that the top row and leftmost column cannot be set up to speak as I navigate the spreadsheet. My large financial sheets elude my brain’s ability to remember just what each row means, or what each column is. Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/AEE5F10E-A9BF-446B-B0A4-72191B8C94B7%40sbcglobal.net <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/AEE5F10E-A9BF-446B-B0A4-72191B8C94B7%40sbcglobal.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/0A12273B-22E9-41FB-AAA9-EDD42A63D909%40me.com.
