Comment 1 by jteh on 2014-08-08 12:27
Does down arrow actually move you to the next page or does it just read the entire current page? What about the review cursor (e.g. numpad8 to read the current line, numpad9 for the next line)?

Comment 2 by jteh on 2014-08-09 03:07
Not sure if this will be useful, but just so we don't lose it, Dinesh Kaushal noted on nvda-devel that Application.ActiveProtectedViewWindow.Document allows you to get at the protected view document. The question is what it allows and doesn't allow.

There are I think two problems. One I have documented separately in Issue #7540.

The other option is that Word, by default, opens protected documents (e-mail attachments and documents downloaded from the web) in "Reading View". Say all works in this mode, but up and down arrows move the view by one page. You can use control+down arrow and control+up arrow to move by line as a workaround, alternatively press control+alt+p to return to print layout - note that the document is still in protected mode. There is an option in Word's general options page to open protected documents in reading view. Uncheck this option to open these documents in print layout.

It's then a philosophical debate about whether we hijack navigation commands in reading mode to work how users expect them to from other view modes, or instruct users on how to read in that mode or change to another mode.

@sumandogra are you still reproducing this issue? In Office 2010 at least, NVDA can read out the text even if the document is protected.

@Qchristensen yan you also try to reproduce it?

@Adriani90 as per my previous comment I can read documents in protected view, yes. I recommend turning off the option to display protected view documents in reading view - they will then open in print layout but still protected. I'm using Word 365, I haven't tried in Office 2013 or earlier.

Based on that, and that the original issue simply describes how reading layout works, I'm going to close this issue.