[Njtechdiv] {Disarmed} Re: activating office or updating it.

Fri Oct 31 18:33:11 UTC 2014

Thought I would copy their info here from the home page:
              Unlock the hidden power behind Microsoft's WordPad 
      Home   |  Features   |  Download   |  Jarte Plus   |  Store   |  Support 

            Jarte   \jär · 'tay\   noun (est. 2001)  1. A free word processor based on the Microsoft WordPad word processing engine built into Windows.  2. A fast starting, easy to use word processor that expands well beyond the WordPad feature set.  3. A small, portable, touch enabled word processor whose documents are fully compatible with Word and WordPad. 

            “It's one of life's little ironies that in a country with free speech, a program called Word costs over a hundred dollars. Fortunately, we also have Carolina Road Software and their free-of-charge word processor, Jarte.”   
                    —PC World magazine

            Does Your Word Processor Handle Like an Ocean Liner?
            When word processors replaced typewriters they helped free the creative expressions innate in all of us. But somewhere along the way word processors evolved into enormous machines designed primarily to serve the needs of the corporate world. Office word processors have become huge, cumbersome vessels of software that remind us of ocean liners. The seeming goal of both is to become as large as possible by including every imaginable feature, whether anyone actually needs all those features or not. That's fine for an ocean liner since you are there to relax and marvel at its grandness. However, it is not so fine when the size and complexity of your word processor makes it as cumbersome to operate as an ocean liner in a yacht race. 

            It does not have to be like that. Jarte is a WordPad based, FREE word processor whose unique interface will make you feel like you are piloting a swift, nimble yacht by comparison. Although Jarte doesn't look anything like the office word processor you are used to, it can handle your word processing tasks with aplomb. If this sounds like the kind of word processor you are looking for then maybe you owe it to yourself to give Jarte a try.

            Writing Should Be a Pleasurable Experience
            The problem with word processors designed for the corporate world is they tend to sap the joy out of writing. Office word processors have so many features it becomes frustrating trying to find the features you actually need among the seemingly endless excess of unused functions. You either lose your train of thought while wrestling with the program or you simply do without the feature you want rather than embark on an expedition to find it among the endless cascading menus and pop-up windows.

            The Jarte word processor relieves that problem by including only the features likely to be needed by real people. Jarte is designed for students, writers, small business people, and home users. But what really makes Jarte special is the unique way it makes the features that are included easily accessible.

            You expect a word processor to be able to handle Word documents, font and paragraph formatting, spell checking, print preview, and more. While Jarte performs all the standard functions well, the most important aspect of Jarte is the numerous small details that make it an efficient and enjoyable tool for creating documents. Small details like:

              a.. Tabbed document windows for easy access to your open documents 
              b.. Larger buttons for the most commonly used functions 
              c.. Instant dictionary and thesaurus word lookup (integrates with free WordWeb) 
              d.. Spell check and text search tools that do not park themselves on top of the text you are trying to edit 
              e.. Single click bookmarking that make bookmarks both useful and usable 
              f.. Instant access to the documents and folders you designate as your favorites 
              g.. Instant access to the fonts you designate as your favorites 
              h.. Use of the mouse scroll wheel button to copy and paste text
            It is Jarte's thoughtful details that will leave you wondering how you lived with that cumbersome office word processor for so long.

            Take it With You!
            Jarte may be the best word processor available for mobile PCs. Jarte takes up very little space on your SSD or hard drive, it runs quickly and efficiently, and Jarte's compact display is perfect for small screen PCs. Jarte supports touch screen gestures, such as finger swipe scrolling and pinch zoom, for use on tablet PCs such as Microsoft's Surface Pro. Jarte is an ideal word processor for mobile PCs!

            Jarte may also be the best portable word processor available. Jarte can easily be run directly from a USB flash drive (or even a DropBox folder), so your word processor is always ready for you no matter what PC you're using, providing the ultimate experience in portable word processing.

            Stable WordPad Editing Engine
            At the heart of Jarte sits the same word processing engine used by Windows' WordPad. The difference is that Jarte builds far more capability around the WordPad editing engine than the WordPad program itself does. The significance of this fact is that Jarte users are secure in the knowledge that Jarte is making use of the same reliable, time tested editing engine used by millions of other Windows users all over the world. If you have tried other alternative word processors and found them to be unstable that may be in part due to their use of unreliable, home grown editing engines.

            Microsoft is continually upgrading the WordPad editing engine, although you would never know it by examining WordPad. The WordPad program itself has not changed since it was first introduced. Jarte, on the other hand, continues to evolve and take advantage of useful features as Microsoft adds them to the WordPad editing engine.

            Jarte is a Free Word Processor? What's the Catch?
            Yes, Jarte is completely free. There are no ads, no trial period, no nag screens, and no crippling of essential features. We do sell a separate edition of Jarte called Jarte Plus for those who want more. Many of Jarte's regular users have been more than willing to pay the small price for the extra bells and whistles provided by Jarte Plus.

            Whether or not you choose to upgrade to Jarte Plus, we hope you will go forth and free other weary souls from their corporate office word processors by introducing them to Jarte —the word processor for the rest of us.

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From: Janie Degenshein via Njtechdiv 
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 2:30 PM
To: ken lawrence ; New Jersey Technology Division List 
Subject: Re: [Njtechdiv] activating office or updating it.

Dear Ken
Guess what?
There are great working other free downloads that work just as well as word 
They are easier to navigate as they do not involve ribbons
yippee
My favorite that I use instead of word 7 which is on my computer is
jarte
go to 
www.jarte.com
the menu bar has file, edit,  insert, format, tools, window, help and system

give it a look/see and let me know your thoughts
Hope this was helpful
See you at convention thursday night ready to share your knowledge with others!
Janie shouting woo hoo
From: ken lawrence via Njtechdiv 
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 2:21 PM
To: njtechdiv at nfbnet.org 
Subject: [Njtechdiv] activating office or updating it.

Hi tech div, ken here with a problem.  I got this machine in 2010 and haven’t really fiddled with something on it and today discovered something.  My sister didn’t know this when she bought the computer.  she just assumed it was installed on it but today needed word to read the soundingboard and when I went to office 2010 on the computer, it wanted me to enter a product key a 25 character key.  it is like or should I say was likely on in the box for this computer but likely long long gone.  my sister didn’t know that just like she didn’t know norton and products were a no go for totally blind.  so I am stuck with a piece of useless software that my sister didn’t know had to be bought or setup on the computer and didn’t know that I needed a product key.  so How can I read this soundboard or any document like it.  can I change file associations some way to make notepad or possibly HJ pad in jaws read it?  also since I’m using jaws as a demo only will HJ pad still work when I have switched to NVDA?  will keep newsletter in my inbox pending a solution.  

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