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Add alternative way to report name of the current Excel sheet which don't require moving review cursor into Excel window #9147

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@lukaszgo1

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I am often working with Excel workbooks containing multiple sheets and at the same time reading some instructions or data in another program with review cursor to avoid moving back and forth between two windows. In this case there is no easy way for me to determine in which sheet I am, because NVDA+ numpad delete works only when review cursor is in the Excel window.

Describe the solution you'd like

There should be a command (NVDA+Alt+s perhaps) to announce name of the current sheet.

Describe alternatives you've considered

NVDA+tab might eventually announce current sheet name or maybe NVDA+t.

Additional context

For the sighted users the sheet name is visible regardless of how many windows they have open, in which window they mouse cursor is if the Excel window is visible. Furthermore we are interested in the sheet in which we have focus not in the sheet in which our review cursor is similar to NVDA+tab. I understand that in the default config they are in the same place, but if we aren't accounting for the users which are using it separately why even create options to make them separate.

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