[nabs-l] microsoft product accessibility

Mon Jan 23 03:36:23 UTC 2012

Unless they have changed something about the way that you make a table of 
contents, this feature is not new.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
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You can save documents as pdfs. You can have it create a reference list,
table of contents, and there is new stuff in the mailings ribbon tab. You're
right though for basic word processing, there is no advantage to upgrading
to office 2010; however, I probably will since that is what everyone uses.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Nicole B. Torcolini at Home
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 9:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] microsoft product accessibility

What advanced features are in the new version?

----- Original Message ----- 
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OOh, you can read 2010 documents if you have word 2003? I thought earlier
versions could not read new versions. But new versions can  read old ones.
I need 2010 for the advanced features of it. And that is what my class uses.

But, yeah I'll think about loading the old one on my laptop or vice versa. I
could uninstall this new one on the desktop and put 2003 on it and have 2010
on the laptop.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Nicole B. Torcolini at Home
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 9:08 PM
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As far as my experience, there is no advantage to using 2007 or 2010,
especially if you find 2003. Files created using 2007 and 2010 can still be
read and edited using 2003. I will leave it up to you, but my recommendation
is to use Office 2003. There are ways to have both, but they are not easy or
convenient.

----- Original Message ----- 
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its my computer. Gee would be nice to have both versions

-----Original Message----- 
From: Nicole B. Torcolini at Home
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 7:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] microsoft product accessibility

No, you cannot. Is this your computer? If so, I would strongly recommend
just uninstalling the current version of Office and installing Office 2003.
If it is not your computer, then maybe you could talk to someone who has the
authority to do it and explain that it would make things a million times
easier.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 4:18 PM
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Nicole,
I think I have an old cd with office 2003 around. Do you know if I can have
them concurrently on the computer?
It just would be nice to have both options; so if I cannot figure out where
something is in the ribbons, I can go back to the nice, simple menus of
2003.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Nicole B. Torcolini at Home
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 7:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] microsoft product accessibility

Yes. The excerpt is from the "What's New in JAWS 12.0" section. I do not
have Office 2007 or 2010, so I unfortunately cannot tell you how well it
works, but it is probably better than nothing.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arielle Silverman" <arielle71 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 4:00 PM
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Does JAWS 12 have this?
Arielle

On 1/22/12, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
> 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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> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 3:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] microsoft product accessibility
>
>
>> jaws 13
>>
>>
>> -----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
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>> 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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