[nabs-l] microsoft 2010 and accessibility

[bookwormahb at earthlink.net]

Hi,
Well word 2010 doesn't seem as user frienddly although may be accessibile.  I'll check out the link!

Things are certainly where I thought they'd be!  
Do I down arrow to see the options in the ribbon?
There's eight tabs.

Questions
1. How do i find the thesaurus?
2. Where do you find outlines like II and ABC?
3. Where do  you get the word count; used to be under the tools menu.
Quite important for students.

4. How do you insert a table? That was under the table menu and the insert option in 2003.
I may be able to get some training through the lighthouse here; for now I'm learning/exploring myself.
I don't have much patience with new technology!
Thanks!

Ashley

-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Miller <rmiller at osb.k12.ok.us>
>Sent: Jan 23, 2011 9:21 PM
>To: bookwormahb at earthlink.net, National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] microsoft 2010 and accessibility
>
>Office 2007 is very accessible and I'm sure 2010 is as well.  Below I 
>inserted a Microsoft online tutorial link that will walk you through the 
>Ribbon and keyboard commands.  It starts as soon as the page loads.
>http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC101562731033
>
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>From: <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
>Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 5:49 PM
>To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>Subject: [nabs-l] microsoft 2010 and accessibility
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Since microsoft suite 2010 is what is sold nowadays I'm getting it.
>> So other than the tricky rinbon bar, what is different? Is everything 
>> accessible with jaws? I have jaws 12.  Do all shortcut commands such as 
>> control s for save or control F for find still work?  Are all buttons 
>> labeled? What access issues are there?
>> Are there any help features built in for jaws and microsoft word 2010?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Ashley Bramlett
>>
>>
>> Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
>>
>>
>> 
Robert and all,
I will check out that link.  So far I looked over the ribbons in word; two ribbons, upper and lower and the lower appears to give you options under that tab.  But it doesn't seem as user friendly.  With the menus in 2003 I could arrow down the menus and/or press the first letter of the option i wanted like t for thesaurus.  Now all these buttons don't seem to give easy shortcuts and navigation.
To see my options on the lower ribbon, do I down arrow?

Some questions:
1. Where do I find thesaurus?
2. Where do I find the box giving you the word count/character count? It used to be under tools.
3. 


Merry Christmas and Happy New Year