[nfbcs] Voiceover with Word

[Jim Barbour]

Howdy,

I think the more interesting question is can the word processors on the Mac read docx files produced in microsoft word.  I think they can, which means that tracy's sister can still write documents in word and tracy can read them using something like textedit.

I think the real problem with MS word and OSX is when a non-microsoft program modifies and resaves docx files, little things get changed such as default fonts.  This makes it tough to do collaborative work on a document when multiple people are writing the document, one using word and one using something else.  Also, most non-microsoft word processors don't support the track changes feature.

Take Care,

Jim

On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 09:43:39AM -0500, Ryan Mann wrote:
> If she writes a document in TextEdit, she will be able to send it to people using Windows and they will be able to edit it in Word.  TextEdit saves documents in Ritch Text format which is a format that both Word and TextEdit can work with.
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> On Dec 27, 2012, at 8:46 AM, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> wrote:
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> > Thanks, that's very helpful.
> > My sister wants to share her docs with a variety of people, so she has been using Word.  Do the other doc types supported by VO work for people using Windows, for instance?  If she wrote a doc in Text Edit and sent it to me, who uses Windows, would I be able to easily read it, possibly edit it, and send it back to her?
> > Tracy
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> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Mann" <rmann0581 at gmail.com>
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> >> Microsoft Office is not accessible with VoiceOver on the Mac.  There are other alternative word processors such as Nisus Writer or TextEdit which comes with the Mac.
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> >> 
> >> Sent from my iPhone
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> >> On Dec 26, 2012, at 3:06 PM, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> My sister is trying to use Voiceover with her Mac and Word 2011 for OSX.
> >>> It is on, and announces the open doc, but it doesn't echo typing or read
> >>> any of the actual document.
> >>> Does VO work with Word?  Is there a way to make it read the doc?
> >>> We looked at VO Help, but it doesn't discuss Word at all, that we saw.
> >>> Thanks.
> >>> Tracy
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