[blindLaw] Using Office Online with JAWS 21 in Chrome

[Laura Wolk]

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
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> 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
>
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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
>
>
>
>
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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
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