[nabs-l] microsoft product accessibility

Mon Jan 23 07:36:15 UTC 2012

Be careful with this though, because several things changed since
Office 2003 was released and you can run into problems in a class
that's teaching you how to use Office 2010. Especially documents with
macros etc are likely to behave strangely if you use them with the
wrong version of Office. Also, Office 2007 documents are not
compatible with Office 2003 so you need to save them in the right
format.

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On Jan 22, 2012, at 7:48 PM, "Nicole B. Torcolini at Home"
<ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:

> 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>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 4:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] microsoft product accessibility
>
>
> 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
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> 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>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 4:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] microsoft product accessibility
>
>
> 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>
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <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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