[nfbcs] Learning Windows 7

[Tracy Carcione]

Thanks Curtis, and everyone else.  Sounds like I don't need to worry much 
about Windows 7.  We are also moving to Word 2010, so now I'm worried about 
that.
I suppose the same places have tutorials for Word, and I believe I saw some 
stuff on NBP as well.
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Curtis Chong" <curtischong at earthlink.net>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Learning Windows 7


> Dear Tracy:
>
> I'm not sure if an earlier reply from me reached you because I did not see 
> it bounced back to me as a post on the NFBCS mailing list.  Nevertheless, 
> here is what I was trying to say.
>
> First, Windows 7 is not all that difficult to learn.  Far more difficult 
> for people is the transition from Office 2003 to Office 2007, 2010, or 
> 2013.
>
> Windows 7 in and of itself is remarkably similar to Windows XP in terms of 
> the Windows Desktop and the Run dialog, both of which I use just about 
> every day.  The Start Menu is something like a rather sophisticated search 
> engine for your system.  For example, when you press the Windows key, you 
> are placed in an edit box into which you can type a search term like 
> "word" or "internet".  The former search term brings up items like 
> Microsoft Word or WordPad.  The latter brings up an item like "Internet 
> Explorer".  You arrow down to the item you want and press Enter.
>
> To get to the All Programs List after entering the Start Menu, simply 
> press Up Arrow to get to All programs, and press Right Arrow to open it. 
> Then continue navigating with Up Arrow.
>
> Access Technology Institute (www.blindtraining.com) has a number of 
> tutorials for Windows 7 depending on the screen reader you use (JAWS or 
> Window-Eyes).  But each tutorial costs $80.
>
> Tech Vision (www.yourtechvision.com) also has information about Windows 7, 
> and its prices are somewhat less.
>
> I can tell you that I've been using Windows 7 for more than two years now, 
> and it works very well indeed--far better than Windows 8.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Curtis Chong
>
>
>
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