[nabs-l] microsoft product accessibility

Mon Jan 23 22:41:21 UTC 2012

Windows=207=20can=20read=20DOC=20(the=20older=20Word=20version)=20files,=20=
and=20you=20
can=20save=20files=20you=20write=20in=20Word=202010=20as=20either=20DOCX=20=
(word=202010)=20
or=20DOC=20(Word=202003.)=20But,=20as=20far=20as=20I=20know,=20you=20can't=
=20read=20DOCX=20
with=20Word=202003.

Chris

"The=20real=20problem=20of=20blindness=20is=20not=20the=20loss=20of=20eyesi=
ght.=20=20The=20
real=20problem=20is=20the=20misunderstanding=20and=20lack=20of=20education=
=20that=20
exists.=20=20If=20a=20blind=20person=20has=20the=20proper=20training=20and=
=20
opportunity,=20blindness=20can=20be=20reduced=20to=20a=20mere=20physical=20=

nuisance."
--=20Kenneth=20Jernigan

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Ashley=20Bramlett"=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Sun,=2022=20Jan=202012=2021:34:08=20-0500
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20microsoft=20product=20accessibility

OOh,=20you=20can=20read=202010=20documents=20if=20you=20have=20word=202003?=
=20I=20thought=20
earlier
versions=20could=20not=20read=20new=20versions.=20=20But=20new=20versions=20=
can=20=20read=20
old=20ones.
I=20need=202010=20for=20the=20advanced=20features=20of=20it.=20=20And=20tha=
t=20is=20what=20my=20
class=20uses.

But,=20yeah=20I'll=20think=20about=20loading=20the=20old=20one=20on=20my=20=
laptop=20or=20
vice=20versa.=20=20I
could=20uninstall=20this=20new=20one=20on=20the=20desktop=20and=20put=20200=
3=20on=20it=20
and=20have=202010
on=20the=20laptop.

-----Original=20Message-----
From:=20Nicole=20B.=20=20Torcolini=20at=20Home
Sent:=20Sunday,=20January=2022,=202012=209:08=20PM
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20microsoft=20product=20accessibility

As=20far=20as=20my=20experience,=20there=20is=20no=20advantage=20to=20using=
=202007=20or=20
2010,
especially=20if=20you=20find=202003.=20=20Files=20created=20using=202007=20=
and=202010=20
can=20still=20be
read=20and=20edited=20using=202003.=20=20I=20will=20leave=20it=20up=20to=20=
you,=20but=20my=20
recommendation
is=20to=20use=20Office=202003.=20=20There=20are=20ways=20to=20have=20both,=
=20but=20they=20are=20
not=20easy=20or
convenient.

-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Ashley=20Bramlett"=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Sent:=20Sunday,=20January=2022,=202012=204:56=20PM
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20microsoft=20product=20accessibility

its=20my=20computer.=20=20Gee=20would=20be=20nice=20to=20have=20both=20vers=
ions

-----Original=20Message-----
From:=20Nicole=20B.=20=20Torcolini=20at=20Home
Sent:=20Sunday,=20January=2022,=202012=207:46=20PM
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20microsoft=20product=20accessibility

No,=20you=20cannot.=20=20Is=20this=20your=20computer?=20If=20so,=20I=20woul=
d=20strongly=20
recommend
just=20uninstalling=20the=20current=20version=20of=20Office=20and=20install=
ing=20
Office=202003.
If=20it=20is=20not=20your=20computer,=20then=20maybe=20you=20could=20talk=20=
to=20someone=20
who=20has=20the
authority=20to=20do=20it=20and=20explain=20that=20it=20would=20make=20thing=
s=20a=20
million=20times
easier.

-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Ashley=20Bramlett"=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Sent:=20Sunday,=20January=2022,=202012=204:18=20PM
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20microsoft=20product=20accessibility

Nicole,
I=20think=20I=20have=20an=20old=20cd=20with=20office=202003=20around.=20=20=
Do=20you=20know=20if=20
I=20can=20have
them=20concurrently=20on=20the=20computer?
It=20just=20would=20be=20nice=20to=20have=20both=20options;=20so=20if=20I=20=
cannot=20figure=20
out=20where
something=20is=20in=20the=20ribbons,=20I=20can=20go=20back=20to=20the=20nic=
e,=20simple=20
menus=20of
2003.

-----Original=20Message-----
From:=20Nicole=20B.=20=20Torcolini=20at=20Home
Sent:=20Sunday,=20January=2022,=202012=207:10=20PM
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20microsoft=20product=20accessibility

Yes.=20=20The=20excerpt=20is=20from=20the=20"What's=20New=20in=20JAWS=2012.=
0"=20section.=20=20
I=20do=20not
have=20Office=202007=20or=202010,=20so=20I=20unfortunately=20cannot=20tell=
=20you=20how=20
well=20it
works,=20but=20it=20is=20probably=20better=20than=20nothing.

-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Arielle=20Silverman"=20<arielle71 at gmail.com
To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Sent:=20Sunday,=20January=2022,=202012=204:00=20PM
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20microsoft=20product=20accessibility

Does=20JAWS=2012=20have=20this?
Arielle

On=201/22/12,=20Nicole=20B.=20=20Torcolini=20at=20Home=20
<ntorcolini at wavecable.com>=20wrote:
=20Do=20you=20know=20how=20to=20use=20the=20quick=20settings=20in=20JAWS?=20=
Copied=20from=20
the=20JAWS=2013
=20help:

=20Virtual=20Ribbon=20Menu
=20The=20Ribbon=20is=20a=20new=20style=20of=20menu=20available=20in=20many=
=20new=20
applications=20being
=20released=20today.=20=20Ribbons=20first=20appeared=20in=20Office=202007=20=
programs,=20
but=20are
=20now
=20becoming=20more=20common=20in=20other=20applications=20tailored=20for=20=
the=20
Windows=207
=20operating=20system.=20=20Ribbons=20create=20an=20accessibility=20challen=
ge=20due=20
to
=20inconsistent=20navigation=20between=20various=20groups=20and=20items.=20=
=20For=20
example,
=20when
=20you=20enter=20the=20Lower=20Ribbon=20and=20press=20the=20ARROW=20keys=20=
to=20move=20
between=20items
=20in
=20a=20group,=20you=20can=20skip=20items=20and=20unexpectedly=20move=20into=
=20another=20
group.
=20Pressing=20TAB=20gives=20no=20indication=20that=20you=20have=20left=20on=
e=20group=20
and=20entered
=20another.=20=20Using=20first=20letter=20navigation=20to=20find=20items=20=
can=20be=20
difficult=20and
=20frustrating.=20=20Finally,=20because=20of=20a=20group=92s=20layout,=20yo=
u=20do=20not=20
know=20if=20you
=20should=20navigate=20up,=20down,=20left,=20or=20right=20to=20select=20an=
=20item.

=20The=20new=20Virtual=20Ribbon=20Menu=20provides=20predictable=20navigatio=
n,=20
lets=20you=20see
=20everything=20in=20the=20Ribbon,=20and=20offers=20consistency=20when=20na=
vigating=20
with
=20ARROW
=20keys.=20=20For=20example,=20the=20ARROW=20and=20TAB=20keys=20move=20focu=
s=20from=20the=20
Upper=20Ribbon
=20tabs=20to=20the=20Lower=20Ribbon=20groups.=20=20Once=20in=20a=20group,=20=
the=20ARROW,=20
TAB,=20and
=20SHIFT+TAB=20keys=20move=20through=20all=20items=20in=20a=20group,=20move=
=20from=20one=20
group=20to
=20the
=20next,=20and=20wrap=20to=20the=20beginning=20of=20the=20Ribbon.=20=20For=
=20submenus,=20
SPACEBAR=20and
=20ENTER=20expand=20menus,=20and=20ESCAPE=20collapses=20menus.=20=20The=20V=
irtual=20
Ribbon=20Menu=20is
=20off=20by=20default=20and=20can=20be=20switched=20on=20or=20off=20from=20=
within=20
Settings=20Center
=20or
=20the=20JAWS=20Startup=20Wizard.=20=20When=20it=20is=20on,=20the=20Ribbon=
=20is=20navigated=20
using=20a
=20traditional=20menu=20and=20submenu=20format=20familiar=20to=20most=20JAW=
S=20users.

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20"Ashley=20Bramlett"=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
=20To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Sent:=20Sunday,=20January=2022,=202012=203:30=20PM
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20microsoft=20product=20accessibility

=20jaws=2013

=20-----Original=20Message-----
=20From:=20Nicole=20B.=20=20Torcolini=20at=20Home
=20Sent:=20Sunday,=20January=2022,=202012=206:23=20PM
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20microsoft=20product=20accessibility

=20What=20version=20of=20JAWS=20are=20you=20using?

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20"Ashley=20Bramlett"=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
=20To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Sent:=20Sunday,=20January=2022,=202012=203:08=20PM
=20Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20microsoft=20product=20accessibility

=20Hi=20all,

=20Seems=20like=20the=20office=20suite=20is=20less=20user=20friendly=20with=
=20the=20new=20
ribbons.
=20Occasionally=20I=20find=20a=20button=20unlabeled.
=20Anyway,=20is=20access=20and=20Publisher=20accessible=20at=20all?=20I=92d=
=20like=20to=20
create
=20simple=20charts=20with=20publisher=20and=20maybe=20brochures=20if=20I=20=
volunteer=20
for=20pr
=20somewhere.
=20Is=20excell=20still=20accessible?
=20I=92ll=20need=20the=20access=20database=20for=20work=20probably.

=20Ashley
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