[nabs-l] {Disarmed} Re: Microsoft publisher and word

[humberto]

Microsoft publisher isn't that accessible. I've tried to use it 
with JAWS, but the only controls that are accessible are the 
dialog boxes, not the edit controls where you actually do the 
work. I am an expert (somehow) writing HTML, but I tried to 
create a web page in publisher and it didn't work out.

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Dane Dunham <danedunham26 at gmail.com
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>Date sent: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 22:03:19 -0600
>Subject: [nabs-l] {Disarmed} Re:  Microsoft publisher and word

>I have not had any experience with office 2010, but I've been 
using office
>2007 for over a year with the freely available NVDA screen 
reader.  You move
>from ribbon to ribbon using the left and right arrow keys after 
pressing
>alt.

>The ribbon bar is really a tab bar with subsequent options under 
each tab.
>In my experience, most access keys have remained the same, at 
least in
>office 2007, with few exceptions.  For example, many access keys 
have become
>triple-stroke access keys, meaning you have to press a key like 
ALT+N, and
>then another letter immediately afterword to make things happen.

>It does get a little unusual after you get to the ribbon you 
want.  Usually,
>you would need to press tab to get to the other options, but in 
office 2007,
>you use the up and down arrows to get to the options under each 
tab.  It’s a
>little difficult to explain, so please let me know if something 
doesn’t make
>sense.

>However, I have had to use publisher for a few things, and needed 
to have
>sited assistance because the edit controls in publisher are not 
accessible
>with NVDA or ZoomText, the other access program I use.  Publisher 
might work
>with JFW or another screen reader though.
>Overall, it takes a bit of getting used to, but I have found 
office 2007 to
>be much easier to use and more intuitive than office 2003.


>On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 9:08 PM, <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> 
wrote:

>> Hi All,

>> What features of Word in 2007 and 2010 don't work well?
>> Have most accessibility issues been worked out?  Alt puts you in 
the ribbon
>> bar; how do you move from ribbon to ribbon?
>> Do all Microsoft key shortcuts still work?  For instance Control 
N for new,
>> Control O for Open, and control f for find?

>> Just wondered how much has stayed the same; I'm upgrading soon. 
Also is
>> microsoft publisher accessible? I am not using it at school, but 
may need
>> that at work someday.
>> Thanks.
>> Ashley
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