JAWS – Access full version/build information for Microsoft Office via keyboard

JAWS – Access full version/build information for Microsoft Office via keyboard


Problem

A JAWS/Fusion customer needs to provide full version information for their Microsoft Office in order to help resolve a technical support issue with their product.


Applies to

  1. JAWS
  2. Fusion

 


Note
The support provided by JAWS/Fusion for Microsoft Office tracks the Current Channel release schedule of the Office 365 updates which undergo most often updates.  Please see:  Microsoft Office 365 release history for further information.



Resolution

  1. Open and switch focus using alt+tab to a Microsoft Office application with the problem.
  2. Then press either of the following keystroke as appropriate to keyboard setting used with JAWS: 
    Desktop – CONTROL+INSERT+V
    Laptop – Control+CAPSLOCK+V

  3. The version info will be read out, press JAWSKey+SPACEBAR followed by H to open speech history.
  4. Then navigate to the speech fragment containing version and build information, then highlight and copy the information.
  5. Then press CONTROL+C to copy to clipboard.
  6. Then paste the information into a convenient document and information Technical Support the version/build info. 

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