[blindlaw] Practicing law with a Mac

[Luis Mendez]

Good morning:

I reluctantly switched from a Mac back to Windows  because I  found MS  Word
for the Mac difficult to use efficiently with Voiceover.  I also found
working with PDF documents  and scanning software more time consuming.  That
being said,  my experience may have reflected my choice  not to invest the
additional time  and resources, including loss of billable  hours, it might
have taken to  master the challenges I was encountering.

Luis

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I have experience with using the Mac for legal work and I have to agree with
Al.


Tai Tomasi, J.D., M.P.A.
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On Aug 2, 2017, at 9:33 AM, Al Elia via BlindLaw
<blindlaw at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org>> wrote:

Yes to the first question. I don't know to the second. Using a mac makes it
very difficult to collaborate with other attorneys who use Windows,
primarily because VoiceOver support in MS word for Mac is not yet ready for
primetime.

If you are already familiar with Windows and a Windows screenreader, I would
recommend sticking with that for the time being, though it pains me to say
that. I only use a Mac and VoiceOver because I've been using them for a
decade, and am faster using them even with the limitations. I still have
Windows running under VMWare, though, because there are things that
currently require Windows (like dealing with tracked changes reasonably).




On 2 Aug 2017, at 10:08, Dan Beitz via BlindLaw wrote:

Has anyone had significant experience using an apple Mac in their practice.
Are docs created in pages 100% compatible with Word for windows?

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