[nabs-l] microsoft product accessibility

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

Do you know how to use the quick settings in JAWS? Copied from the JAWS 13 
help:

Virtual Ribbon Menu
The Ribbon is a new style of menu available in many new applications being 
released today. Ribbons first appeared in Office 2007 programs, but are now 
becoming more common in other applications tailored for the Windows 7 
operating system. Ribbons create an accessibility challenge due to 
inconsistent navigation between various groups and items. For example, when 
you enter the Lower Ribbon and press the ARROW keys to move between items in 
a group, you can skip items and unexpectedly move into another group. 
Pressing TAB gives no indication that you have left one group and entered 
another. Using first letter navigation to find items can be difficult and 
frustrating. Finally, because of a group’s layout, you do not know if you 
should navigate up, down, left, or right to select an item.

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


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] microsoft product accessibility


> jaws 13
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Nicole B. Torcolini at Home
> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 6:23 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] microsoft product accessibility
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> What version of JAWS are you using?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 3:08 PM
> Subject: [nabs-l] microsoft product accessibility
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> Seems like the office suite is less user friendly with the new ribbons. 
>> Occasionally I find a button unlabeled.
>> Anyway, is access and Publisher accessible at all? I’d like to create 
>> simple charts with publisher and maybe brochures if I volunteer for pr 
>> somewhere.
>> Is excell still accessible?
>> I’ll need the access database for work probably.
>>
>> Ashley
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