Screen reader content
This article is for people with visual impairments who use a screen reader program with the Office products and is part of the Office Accessibility content set. For more general help, see Microsoft Support home.
Use Excel for the web with your keyboard and a screen reader to insert a form into a worksheet. We have tested it with Narrator and JAWS in Microsoft Edge, but it might work with other screen readers and browsers as long as they follow common accessibility standards and techniques. You'll learn how to start creating a new form directly from Excel for the web.
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New Microsoft 365 features are released gradually to Microsoft 365 subscribers, so your app might not have these features yet. To learn how you can get new features faster, join the Office Insider program.
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The Forms button is available when your Excel workbook is stored in OneDrive for work or school. Also note that Forms for Excel is only available for OneDrive for work or school and new team sites connected with Microsoft 365 Groups. For detailed information on Microsoft 365 Groups, refer to Learn about Microsoft 365 Groups.
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To learn more about screen readers, go to How screen readers work with Microsoft Office.
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When you use Excel for the web, we recommend that you use Microsoft Edge as your web browser. Because Excel for the web runs in your web browser, the keyboard shortcuts are different from those in the desktop program. For example, you’ll use Ctrl+F6 instead of F6 for jumping in and out of the commands. Also, common shortcuts like F1 (Help) and Ctrl+O (Open) apply to the web browser – not Excel for the web.
Create a new form
You can start creating a new form straight from the Excel for the web worksheet where you want to add the form.
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In your Excel for the web worksheet, navigate to the location where you want to insert the form.
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Press Alt+N, F, then R. The Forms menu opens.
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To create a new form, press N.
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Microsoft Forms opens in a new browser tab. You can now fill in the details and add questions to your form. For instructions on how to create a form, refer to Use a screen reader to create a new form in Microsoft Forms.
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Once you're done creating the form in Microsoft Forms, return to the Excel for the web worksheet. The new form content has been added to the worksheet.
See also
Use a screen reader to respond to form or quiz questions in Microsoft Forms
Use a screen reader to check and share your form or quiz results in Microsoft Forms
Basic tasks using a screen reader with Excel
Technical support for customers with disabilities
Microsoft wants to provide the best possible experience for all our customers. If you have a disability or questions related to accessibility, please contact the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk for technical assistance. The Disability Answer Desk support team is trained in using many popular assistive technologies and can offer assistance in English, Spanish, French, and American Sign Language. Please go to the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk site to find out the contact details for your region.
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