Microsoft Word read me tables?

[TheNuzziNuzz]

I have data in columns that I have to read through, and it takes up so much time. I want word to read the text to me so I can listen to it, allowing me to multitask.

 

It needs to be read in columns likes this:

 

1       11

2       12

3       13

4       14

5       15

6       16

7       17

8       18

9       19

10     20

 

 

Is this possible? The built in speak function I found in word already reads the rows, not columns, so like this:

1       2

3       4

5       6

 

which doesn't do what I need.

 

Any ideas?

[LogicalDrm]

By built-in function you might mean Windows Narrator which is screen reader. It doesn't seem to have much option itself. Nor did I found anything in Word option about navigation in tables. In Excel you can define how cursor moves when you press Enter.

 

So options I can think of:

• Copy tables to Excel and use that.
• Change rows/columns around (probably not possible in Word).
• Try with real screen reader such as NVDA (free) or JAWS (free trial). Maybe they have setting for default cursor movement with tables.