[BlindTlk] MS Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint tutorials-please

Mon Aug 10 18:19:44 UTC 2020

Yikes! Even I know that jaws four is like ancient history. I think the last version I used at home was just 13 or 14.. 

Ericka Nelson

> On Aug 10, 2020, at 10:15 AM, Jude DaShiell via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> My guess Jaws 4.08 was the version Hether was using.  We had that at work
> and it may as well have been the demo version due to the regular reboots.
>> On Sun, 9 Aug 2020, Heather Field via BlindTlk wrote:
>> 
>> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:33:04
>> From: Heather Field via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Heather Field <missheather at comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] MS Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint tutorials-please
>> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I?ve been using NVDA for a year or more now and it?s really great.
>> It?s come a long way since it was first released.
>> I used Window-eyes until forced to use JAWS when the company was bought out.
>> But, it was an awful experience.
>> I found JAWS difficult to learn and fairly unstable on my computer, which is very powerful and fast. The constant crashes and reboots drove me absolutely crazy.
>> The last straw came when I realised the high cost of renewing a subscription every year. So, I decided to try NVDA.
>> 
>> I was worried that NVDA would not be up to the standard I required of a screen-reader in my professional work. But I?ve found it to be wonderful, extremely intuitive, and very stable. I am really pleased with it. I can?t imagine ever going back to JAWS. There are some video tutorials available on the NVDA website but you have to buy them.
>> 
>> However, There is a list of keyboard commands, available to read or download from their website and I?ve found that  to be enough to get me through and Haven?t needed to buy tutorials.
>> NVDA is free to download, so I would encourage you to download it try it out. If it doesn?t work for you no worries.
>> If you really like it, then you can make a donation. That?s what I did.
>> Hope this helps.
>> Warmly,
>> Heather Field
>> 
>> From: Jude DaShiell via BlindTlk
>> Sent: Sunday, 9 August 2020 10:55 PM
>> To: Ericka via BlindTlk
>> Cc: Jude DaShiell
>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] MS Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint tutorials-please
>> 
>> It's donationware which means donate if you like it.  The screen reader
>> may have its official list on groups.io or freelists.org.  I haven't
>> used it for about 8 years having abandoned windows in 2013 for Linux.
>> 
>>> On Sun, 9 Aug 2020, Ericka via BlindTlk wrote:
>>> 
>>> Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2020 18:25:01
>>> From: Ericka via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Ericka <dotwriter1 at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] MS Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint tutorials-please
>>> 
>>> I know nothing anput NVDA except it is donation and from Australia.
>>> 
>>> Ericka Nelson
>>> 
>>>> On Aug 9, 2020, at 5:18 PM, Vickie via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Can you tell me how to get on the NVDA list?  I use word 2007, with windows 10.  However, NVDA doesn?t speak the fields, so I can edit, for my budget. I use a table in Word 2007, and after adding a line to my budget, I need to go to the bottom and change the line numbers, which are in a field box.  The field opens up, like it did on my windows 7 machine, but I can?t change the line numbers because NVDA doesn?t speak what?s in the field.  So, I need help with that. So if anyone knows about that, I?d appreciate it, or how to ask NVDA how to do it.  I know it?s not common to use word 2007 with windows 10, but I paid for it and feel I should be able to use it.  It works well, except for that issue.
>>>> Vickie R in Arizona
>>>> 
>>>> From: Jude DaShiell via BlindTlk
>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2020 2:59 PM
>>>> To: soloman s via BlindTlk
>>>> Cc: Jude DaShiell ; soloman s
>>>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] MS Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint tutorials-please
>>>> 
>>>> Microsoft isn't like Linux and the accessible materials available for
>>>> money are not written for nvda.  It could be writing on the nvda lists
>>>> might get some of those tutorials made available though.  They're
>>>> certainly needed given the jaws price tag.  It's got that bad the only
>>>> time a child accesses or learns jaws is when they're insured of
>>>> employment.
>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, 29 Jul 2020, soloman s via BlindTlk wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:38:09
>>>>> From: soloman s via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>>>>> Cc: soloman s <teachsolo at gmail.com>
>>>>> Subject: [BlindTlk] MS Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint tutorials-please
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>> I solicit your help in finding good free textbooks/tutorials for
>>>>> effectively using MS Office products especially Word, Excel and
>>>>> PowerPoint with NVDA.
>>>>> I'll be thank if you could direct me to sources where I can
>>>>> download/view the same.
>>>>> Hope to hearing from you at the earliest.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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