Magnifier does not follow text cursor in Powerpoint slideshow

[CyrilleB79]

Steps to reproduce

• Open a powerpoint file containing text
• Star NVDA Magnifier
• Start slideshow (F5)
• Read the text with arrows (browse mode cursor) or with numpad keys (review cursor)

Actual behavior

The magnified view does not move.

Expected behavior

Browse mode cursor and review cursor should be tracked by magnifier.

NVDA logs, crash dumps and other attachments

N/A

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source

Installed

NVDA version

2026.2beta1

Windows version

Windows 11 23H2 (AMD64) build 22631.6783

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

N/A

Other information about your system

N/A

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

No

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

Yes

Does the issue still occur after you run the System Accessibility Repair Tool in NVDA's tools menu?

Not tested

[Emil-18]

@CyrilleB79 This is because the textInfo used there doesn't implement _get_pointAtStart