[blindLaw] Using Office Online with JAWS 21 in Chrome

[Laura Wolk]

That's great, Rahul. I just want to reiterate that you should be able
to map the entire structure onto your local machine, so that when you
are sent a folder, it operates as though you were sent a local path.

On 8/1/22, Rahul Bajaj <rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, all. i think i have been able to sort this out. documents that are
> mailed to me using sharepoint are now opening in office applications on my
> computer. and for folders that are shared with me via email, i go to them
> on sharepoint and open the relevant file in the relevant office application
> by right clicking it.
>
> warmly,
> rahul
>
> On Sun, 31 Jul 2022 at 22:16, Laura Wolk via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Rahul, are you talking about Sharepoint? No one in their right mind,
>> sighted or blind, would do the actual editing on the website version.
>> Or at least, they shouldn't. You should be able to map the files onto
>> your desktop so you can open them just like you normally would on  a
>> computer. You also can set all of your defaults so that any links are
>> opened automatically in the corresponding office application rather
>> than on the website. I don't have the time or ability to track down
>> those settings for you, but my work uses Sharepoint and that's what I
>> did. Lastly, in the short term, you still can from within a file
>> opened online open that file within the corresponding office
>> application. I hope some of that is helpful. But truly, I would be
>> shocked if sighted people at your firm were editing using the stripped
>> down website capability rather than the actual desktop applications.
>>
>> On 7/31/22, Robert Jaquiss via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> > Hello Rahul:
>> >
>> >      I suggest you have the Office software installed on your PC. It is
>> my
>> > experience that the online versions are barely accessible.
>> > I am currently using Office365 and this message is being written in
>> > Outlook.
>> > I was until recently using Word 2007. The newer version of Word when
>> > installed on a PC is accessible. It does have some quirks that take
>> > some
>> > getting used to. Hope this helps.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Robert
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Rahul Bajaj
>> via
>> > BlindLaw
>> > Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2022 11:35 PM
>> > To: Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> > Cc: Rahul Bajaj <rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com>
>> > Subject: [blindLaw] Using Office Online with JAWS 21 in Chrome
>> >
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > My current firm uses Office Online a great deal for their work. I find
>> that
>> > my existing tech skills are not enough to help me navigate this
>> > platform
>> > effectively. I am also unable to open in the One Drive desktop app
>> > documents
>> > that are opened in Office Online.
>> >
>> > Any guidance on the above or leads for using Office Online would be
>> greatly
>> > appreciated.
>> >
>> > Warmly,
>> > Rahul
>> >
>> > --
>> > --
>> > Rahul Bajaj
>> > Attorney, Ira Law
>> > Senior Associate Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy Rhodes Scholar
>> > (India
>> > and Linacre 2018), University of Oxford Co-Founder, Mission
>> > Accessibility
>> > Special Correspondent on the rights of persons with disabilities,
>> > Oxford
>> > Human Rights Hub Coordinator of the working group on accessibility,
>> > e-Committee, Supreme Court of India
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> > Rahul Bajaj
>> > Attorney, Ira Law
>> > Senior Associate Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
>> > Rhodes Scholar (India and Linacre 2018), University of Oxford
>> > Co-Founder, Mission Accessibility
>> > Special Correspondent on the rights of persons with disabilities,
>> > Oxford
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>> > Coordinator of the working group on accessibility, e-Committee, Supreme
>> > Court of India
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> --
> Rahul Bajaj
> Attorney, Ira Law
> Senior Associate Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
> Rhodes Scholar (India and Linacre 2018), University of Oxford
> Co-Founder, Mission Accessibility
> Special Correspondent on the rights of persons with disabilities, Oxford
> Human Rights Hub
> Coordinator of the working group on accessibility, e-Committee, Supreme
> Court of India
>