[nfbcs] Getting Rid of the Ribbon or Alternative to Microsoft Office

[Nicole Torcolini]

Yes, I am fully aware of the JAWS virtual ribbons. Although it helps with
behavior, it does not put the commands back in the places that they were in
for earlier versions, a problem that annoys blind and sighted users alike.
I have already done a search on Google for programs that bring back the
classic menus. As I stated in my original email, they just add the old
functionality back, but they do not hide the ribbon. In general, if I write
to this list, it means that I have already gone and done a search or
exhausted all resources that I have and am just trying to see if anyone has
some extra information, so please do not suggest that I go Google stuff.

Nicole

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Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2015 9:51 AM
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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Getting Rid of the Ribbon or Alternative to Microsoft
Office

I don't have specific info, just a couple suggestions.  If you are a JAWS
user, there is the JAWS Virtual ribbon.  It makes the ribbon behave much
like the older pull-down menus.

When the ribbon came out, there were several office add-ons that restored
the classic menus.  I don't know how well they worked, or how accessible
they are, but some Googling is probably in order.

Dave

At 12:09 AM 5/30/2015, you wrote:
>Is there anyway to completely get rid of the ribbon in Microsoft Office 
>2007 and later? I have found software that adds an extra tab that has 
>the old menus, but I have not found anything that completely gets rid of
the ribbon.
>If this is not possible, are there any alternatives to Microsoft 
>Office? For various reasons, I do not really want the two alternatives 
>that have already been discussed on this list.
>
>Nicole

         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
E-Mail:  dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org


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