[nabs-l] Powerpoint 2013 and other MS office 2013 programs

[Kaiti Shelton]

Thank you both for the tips.  I'll try them out when I'm back in that
class tomorrow morning!  :)

On 3/17/15, Mary Fernandez via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi, in order to turn off protection mode, press F6 until it gives you the
> option to enable editing. You can tap through  that dialogue. Also,
> something that I've done that works really effectively for me, is to go into
> the ribbons arrow  to slideshow and hit start slideshow. That way I can see
> the slides individually and tab through them and arrow and read them as
> normal.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Mar 17, 2015, at 4:45 PM, Joe via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Use F5 to switch to Slideshow view. See if that helps to read individual
>> slides.
>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti
>> Shelton
>> via nabs-l
>> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 8:37 AM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Powerpoint 2013 and other MS office 2013 programs
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I recently had my computer re-imaged and my university's IT dept takes
>> care
>> of installing the university's license of MS office for you if they
>> re-image
>> your computer.  I'm having some difficulty with the 2013 version of the
>> software, mainly with powerpoint.  When I open a ppt file I can't read
>> anything on the slides.  According to my teacher the slides do move when
>> I
>> use the down and up arrows, but when tabbing I can't access the written
>> information at all.  This is a problem because I usually pull up the
>> powerpoint which is shown on a screen in one of my classes to follow
>> along,
>> and sometimes the prof includes questions we're supposed to answer on it.
>>
>> Also, I was able to turn off protected mode, or compatability mode, or
>> whatever in MS office 2010.  I can't seem to find how to do this in MS
>> 2013.
>> Has anyone done this successfully?  I'd prefer not to keep copying and
>> pasting things I download into new documents just so I can work with
>> them.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> Kaiti
>>
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Kaiti