Steps to reproduce:

• Launch Excel (new blank sheet)
• In document formatting settings, enable reporting of paragraph alignment
• With arrows, move the focused cell in the sheet

Actual behavior:

On each move, NVDA reports: '"align default vertical align default cell".

Expected behavior:

The alignment should be reported only if it changes with respect to the previously selected cell.

NVDA logs, crash dumps and other attachments:

N/A

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

From source

NVDA version:

Alpha, commit 8accbfa

Windows version:

Windows 10 21H2 (AMD64) build 19044.3086

Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:

N/A

Other information about your system:

N/A

Other questions

Does the issue still occur after restarting your computer?

Yes

Have you tried any other versions of NVDA? If so, please report their behaviors.

2023.1 installed is OK

If NVDA add-ons are disabled, is your problem still occurring?

Not tested

Does the issue still occur after you run the COM Registration Fixing Tool in NVDA's tools menu?

Not tested

Investigation

I have tested various versions (commits) of NVDA and found that the regression has been introduced in a5931dd by PR #14984.

In NVDAObjects/window/excel.py,, in function script_changeSelection, changing back:
oldSelection = self._getSelection()
to:
oldSelection = api.getFocusObject()
allows to fix the issue.

However, this probably defeats the purpose of #14984.

@LeonarddeR any idea?