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                                            Brian Vogel

NVDA no longer reads form control identifiers, nor help text when F1 is hit, when using a Microsoft Word Fillable Form

> Please update the issue to include your version of Microsoft Word in this section. Done. That was an "oops, my bad" sort omission. On the attachments, I want to...

NVDA no longer reads form control identifiers, nor help text when F1 is hit, when using a Microsoft Word Fillable Form

> I'll upload a test form in templet form so someone can have a play. [Here is the file. ](https://we.tl/t-6DOgLODsHo) I will note that in both JAWS and NVDA, the...

NVDA no longer reads form control identifiers, nor help text when F1 is hit, when using a Microsoft Word Fillable Form

> Could this be because this form opens in compatibility mode? It should not be. NVDA has no issue with myriad other MS-Word documents that I've received that open in...

NVDA no longer reads form control identifiers, nor help text when F1 is hit, when using a Microsoft Word Fillable Form

@CyrilleB79 Thanks for the definitive answer. I'll put in a GitHub ticket with GitHub on this one. Allowing video, but not audio, really makes little sense. I also don't know...

NVDA no longer reads form control identifiers, nor help text when F1 is hit, when using a Microsoft Word Fillable Form

> file an issue with GitHub itself for this. Done. For those who wish to rattle GitHub's chain regarding allowable file types for attaching when reporting issues, please add a...

NVDA no longer reads form control identifiers, nor help text when F1 is hit, when using a Microsoft Word Fillable Form

This is definitely an MS-Office problem. All of us reporting the issue are encountering it in MS-Word 2016 or more recent. It might exist in earlier versions depending on what...

NVDA no longer reads form control identifiers, nor help text when F1 is hit, when using a Microsoft Word Fillable Form

@marrie and @XLTechie Thanks for giving this a nudge and trying to "wave down" someone who is likely the one to fix it. I have another NVDA user asking me...

NVDA no longer reads form control identifiers, nor help text when F1 is hit, when using a Microsoft Word Fillable Form

This does strike me, still, as an important issue to resolve, but there seems to be no indication that it's actually slated for a fix. What is the current status?

NVDA no longer reads form control identifiers, nor help text when F1 is hit, when using a Microsoft Word Fillable Form

Lukasgo1, I try, as best I can, to avoid alpha builds entirely. If you give me a link to where I can snag the version of NVDA you wish me...

NVDA no longer reads form control identifiers, nor help text when F1 is hit, when using a Microsoft Word Fillable Form

OK. Right now I'm on 2023.3beta2. If that's OK, I'll go ahead and test later today. If it's not, then please let me know what you'd prefer I use.