[nfbcs] Libre Office and JAWS
Peter Donahue
pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com
Mon Oct 7 21:51:54 UTC 2013
Hello again everyone,
Following up with my idea of going to open-source software and the
possibility of using Linux on my next PC I downloaded and installed Libre
Office for Windows V4.0 on our Windows 7 Home Premium machine. Generally
Jaws reads the screens all right but I cannot activate the menu bar or the
context menus. I'm glad to see that Libre Office uses the standard menu bar
but cannot figure out why I cannot activate it with JFW. We're running JFW
14 on that machine. It seems to me that we had a similar issue with Open
Office when we gave that one a test-drive as well. The creators of Libre
Office go on about their commitment to accessibility but they need to back
up their claims with results.
Since LO is a cross-platform office suite we figured that it would be
great to learn to use it before adopting Linux so decided to download and
install the Windows version. Luckily we still have good old MS Office 2010
to fall back on so we're not out an office suite on that machine. Any
work-arounds beyond a thorough knowledge of LO'S keyboard shortcuts or the
use of an accessibility helper application to fix this problem will be very
much a appreciated.
Peter Donahue
“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper.”
Isaiah 54:17
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