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UIA in Word: braille is very redundant #8407

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Description

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Steps to reproduce:

  1. Ensure that UIA is enabled for Word
  2. Open Word

Expected behavior:

  • The braille display shows "Document1 - Word"

Actual behavior:

  • From the log: Braille regions text: [u'Document1 - Word ', u'Document1 ', u'Document1 doc ', ' ']
  • That is "Document1 - Word Document1 Document1 doc"

System configuration:

NVDA version:
master-15276,8d463d96

NVDA Installed or portable:
Installed

Other information:
The problem occurs all throughout Word:

  • In the example document from Misreading of merged header cells in Word #6233: "merged-cell-table.docx - Protected View - Word merged-cell-table.docx - Protected View pane merged-cell-table.docx [Read-Only] [Compatibility Mode] doc tbl r1 c1-2 tbl r1 c1-2 tbl r1 c1-2 Sea-dwelling"
  • When you create a link: "lnk lnk lnk Click here"

Windows version:
10.0.17134

Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:
Word 2016

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