Please familiarize yourself with the following information about using screen readers with PPM.
Screen Reader Support mode turns on many enhancements within the product that are used along with the screen readers’ capabilities to improve productivity. Special textual descriptions and HTML elements are added in this mode that enables the user to shorten the time and lessen the number of keyboard strokes needed to complete common tasks.
Page Headers:
You can directly access different sections of the displayed page using the screen readers’ ability to recognize and target page headers. Page headers are titles that are assigned to different sections of the screen and are recognized by the screen reader.
Use page headers to skip directly to particular screen areas without the need to tab or use the down arrow to navigate through all the elements on the screen. For example, in the Forms module, you can navigate directly to the beginning of the Form, the Tab area, any given Group Box, the Guide pane, or the list of processes on the Processes tab within the Guide pane.
Page headers have different header levels. The main areas, such as the Forms module and the Processes tab are header level 1. The Tab within the Forms module is header level 2, and the Group Boxes inside the Tab are level 3.
The above principles can also be used in some of the more complex dialog windows that have different sections, such as the Select Item and the Select Form windows
The Home Position:
If you lose your page orientation or context, navigate to the top of the current page where you can hear orientation information and use the inner page navigation links to continue navigating. The orientation information that is provided is in the following sequence:
- selected Module
- selected Item
- selected Form
Inner page links are provided to help you navigate directly to the Processes links list where you can select your choice of navigation links (Favorites), or to the top of the Tab where you can access the information or enter data in the form.
Link Numbers:
You can quickly navigate to any of your links by using link numbers. The Processes tab in the Guide pane contains a list of your favorite links. These links save you time navigating to forms, scorecards, or items that you most frequently use. Items in the Processes links list are numbered sequentially allowing you to easily select them from a links list that screen readers usually provide.
The same principles apply to items and Forms that appear in the Select Item and Select Form windows. You can quickly navigate to folders or portfolios in those lists without navigating through the entire list.
Find Your Current Selection:
The @ sign is added by the system in front of the name of the currently selected Module and the selected Tab. This allows you to recognize the currently selected Module or Tab.
Loading Items and Forms:
When you want to access Items, Forms, Scorecards, Folders, Dashboards or other locations that are not currently listed in your Processes links list, you need to use one of the selection windows. For example, in the Forms module, you can select a different Form using the Select Form window that is accessed through the Select Form link. If you want to select a different Item, use the Select Item link to open the appropriate window.
Tilde Tips:
To provide information that is otherwise indicated by visual cues, Primavera Portfolio Management uses a Tilde Tip. For example, if a Form field contains errors, a red underline appears below the label name to indicate the error. In Screen Readers Support mode, the screen reader reads the field name followed by the phrase, ~ Field Contains Errors. The tildes are used to convey the following types of visual information:
- Required field
- Fields containing errors
- Calculated field
- Non Available Button (for buttons)
Note: You may need to select all (ctrl + a) of the contents of a data entry field to read all of the content in the field.
Reading tables with a screen reader:
Tables in the application can be read with a screen reader.
Tables like Scorecard, Phases List, and Deliverables List are Data Entry tables. For data entry tables, a special Update Table button, which precedes each table, launches a dialog that is used to navigate within the table, read the table, and enter values in it.
The Update Table Dialog:
The Update Table dialog has these controls to navigate and edit data entry tables:
When you click the Update Table button, the dialog reads the selected column and row number, along with the row and heading label, and the value in the selected cell.
Navigation Buttons
You can tab between the following buttons to navigate the table cells:
Next (alt + n)
Right (alt + r)
Down (alt + d)
Left (alt + l)
Up (alt + u)
Go To Table Cell
You can use the Go button to navigate to a cell specified in the Column and Row fields.
Go (alt + g)
You can go directly to a table cell by tabbing to the Column field and entering the column number, then tabing to the Row field and entering the row number.
Tab to the Go button to jump to the designated Row and Column.
Form Commands
If a form has commands associated with it, such as Add, Edit, Remove (and others) those buttons are available under the Commands heading.