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Use Project Online with your keyboard and screen reader to create and connect a row to an Azure Boards project in your roadmap. We have tested it with Narrator, but it might work with other screen readers as long as they follow common accessibility standards and techniques.
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When you use Project Online, we recommend that you use Microsoft Edge as your web browser. Because Project Online 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 Project Online.
Create and connect a row
After you have created a roadmap in Project Home, you can add rows and connect them to Azure Boards projects.
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When you open a roadmap from Project Home, you hear "Roadmap name" and its name. Press the Tab key until you hear "Command toolbar, Add row," and press Enter.
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Type a name for the row.
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Press the Tab key once and type the name or email address of the row owner. To move the focus to the list of search results, press Shift+Tab once, and press the Tab key once. Then press the SR key+Right arrow key to move forward in the list, and press Enter to select a result. You hear "Deselect owner," followed by the name of the selected owner.
Note: You hear each search result twice when moving in the list.
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Press the Tab key. You hear: "Connect to a project." Press Enter, and use the Down and Up arrow keys to move between Project Online and Azure Boards. Select Azure Boards and press Enter.
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Press Enter to open the Azure DevOps organization list, press the Down arrow key to browse the organizations, and press Enter to make a selection. When your selection has been validated, you hear: "Alert, looks good."
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Press the Tab key until you hear: "Select a project name." Press Enter to open the menu, press the Down arrow key to browse the available projects, and press Enter to make a selection.
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Press the Tab key until you hear "Connect, button," and press Enter.
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You hear: "Search for items to add." Start typing the name of the task you want to connect to. Press the Down arrow key to browse the matching results, and press Enter to make a selection.
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Repeat step 8 until you have added all the tasks you want. Then press the Tab key until you hear "Add, button," and press Enter.
See also
Use a screen reader to create and connect a row to a Project Online project in Roadmap
Use a screen reader to add top-level key dates in Roadmap
Use a screen reader to change status on a key date or row item in a roadmap in Project Online
Use a screen reader to share a roadmap
Keyboard shortcuts in Project Online
Basic tasks using a screen reader with Project
Use a screen reader to explore and navigate a roadmap in Project Online
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