Cross references In MS Word only reported as links

[michaelDCurran]

Steps to reproduce:

• Open MS word
• Type a heading: control+alt+1 and type Hello and pressenter.
• Insert a cross reference to the heading: alt, s, r, f. Choose a reference type of heading, and choose the above heading.
• Arrow to the line containing the cross reference.

Actual behavior:

NvDA reports "link Hello"

Expected behavior:

NVDA should report something like "cross reference link hello"

Further details

For cross reference links, the UIA element's name is "cross reference" and the class name is "field". For normal links, the class name is empty and the name is the text of the link.

NVDA logs, crash dumps and other attachments:

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

Installed

NVDA version:

2024.4.1

Windows version:

Windows 11 build 27764.0

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

MS Word 16.0.18422.20000

Other information about your system:

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.

True since implementation of UIA in MS Word.

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

Yes.

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

Yes.