[gui-talk] Microsoft Outlook 2003 and 2007

[Wayne Merritt]

True, you can use the same old menu bar commands to access things, but
you can't hear what you're accessing. For instance, I can hit Alt with
F for the file menu inside a message, but when arrowing down I don't
hear the items that were in the 2003 File menu. However, if you happen
to know the keystrokes and accellerators to access a menu and then
bring up a particular option, I believe these will work. I've heard
there's even a way deep inside the options for some of the Office
applications to hide the ribbon and bring back the menu bar. I'm not
sure I agree with doing this though since most other people are using
the ribbon and in fact the ribbon isn't going anywhere. The ribbon
will be more prominant in Windows Seven than it was in Vist and Office
2007. In other words, it looks like the ribbon is here to stay; might
as well get used to it. Besides, you can still use hotkeys, all be it
different ones, on the ribbon to access pretty much everything.

Jmt,
Wayne

On 8/29/09, albert griffith <albertgriffith at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> The ribbons are there but you don't have to encounter them if you've set
> your preferences up as you had them in 03.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Wayne Merritt
> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 2:22 PM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Microsoft Outlook 2003 and 2007
>
> There is a ribbon in Outlook 2007, but only when you're either
> reading, composing or replying to a message. The menu bar is still in
> the main window of Outlook, such as when you're looking at a list of
> messages in the Inbox or Outbox. I've been using Outlook 2007 at work
> for awhile now and haven't had very many issues. It might take awhile
> to figure out where everything is on the various ribbons, but it's not
> as involved as in Word 2007. I'm not a huge fan of Outlook, since I
> have other tools to manage my calendar and contacts that present a
> simpler interface to me, but I've not had any major problems or issues
> in Outlook 2007 with JAWS 9. I can't speak to JAWS 10.
>
> Hth,
> Wayne
>
> On 8/29/09, Geetha Shamanna <geetha at millernorbert.de> wrote:
>> I am interested in this as well, since I may have to switch to Office 2007
>> at work soon.
>>
>> Is Office 2007 sufficiently accessible with Jaws 10? Particularly the
>> ribbons?
>>
>> Geetha
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
>> To: "GUI-TALK List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 6:01 PM
>> Subject: [gui-talk] Microsoft Outlook 2003 and 2007
>>
>>
>> Is there anyone who can comment specifically on differences between
> Outlook
>> 2003 and 2007?  I know that there are
>> some big differences between Word 2003 and 2007 like the ribbon, but upon
>> first glance, Outlook doesn't seem to be
>> as
>> dramatically different.  I may be in a position to have to switch between
>> the two versions and I am wondering how big a
>> problem that might be.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Steve Jacobson
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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