Excel: Selection State of Data Not Automatically Announced when Editing Cell Contents with F2

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Reported by elliott94 on 2015-10-11 19:29
When pressing F2 on an active cell that contains data, using shift + any of the cursor keys does not automatically announce if the data in question is highlighted; when working with datasets where only a portion of a cell needs to be copied, for example, this addition would be a great help. I've tested this with both Excel 2003 and 2010, both of which don't announce the state of the selection; I haven't had a chance to test with 2013, so don't know if anything has changed in this regard.
Blocked by #2946

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Comment 1 by elliott94 on 2015-10-11 19:35
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Changed title from "Excel: Selection State of Data Not Automatically Announced" to "Excel: Selection State of Data Not Automatically Announced when Editing Cell Contents with F2"

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Comment 2 by jteh on 2015-10-15 03:30
Duplicate of #2946. Note that this should work in Excel 2013 and later because UI Automation is used to made that control accessible (assuming Microsoft implemented it correctly).
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