[Trainer-talk] training client in office and email. suggestions?

[Nancy Coffman]

I have trained several people to use the ribbon in Office 2010.  Although it
involves a few more keystrokes, it is accessible.  I never have heard of the
"classic interface" that is supposed to look like Office 2003 being a good
option.  Since Windows will have more ribbons in the future, I think it is
important for people to learn how to use them.

Nancy Coffman

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[mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Goldfield
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 1:29 PM
To: List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology
Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] training client in office and email.
suggestions?

Brett,
You asked about whether you should try and train your student on Outlook.  I
think this partially depends on where the student is planning to use the
program.  If the student is doing all of his/her work at home then Outlook
may be overkill unless the student wants to use the calendar features, which
will work nicely with both JAWS and Window-eyes.  For Windows 7 I think that
Windows Live Mail, while it does use the ribbon, isn't a bad email program
for home use and hotkeys will allow the user to perform most commonly used
functions just as Outlook Express did in Windows XP.
Also, you can install older versions of Office with the classic menu bar on
Windows 7.  At work we have some Win7 machines with Office 2003 and there
are no issues.  I personally prefer LibreOffice for most work-related word
processing but I'm not sure I'd recommend that to users of JAWS and
Window-eyes and these screen readers do work quite well with Word.
David

Brett Boyer wrote:
> Hey all. Well I'm finally getting back on the training train. Anyway I
have a client who is moving to windows7. She is used to classic style menus
for office and she uses outlook express. I'd like to find the easiest
transition possible for her. So what r people's recommendations.
> 1 Using the ribbon control in office. I thought someone said on here it's
possible to use a classic style menu bar in Office. But is ribbon control
worth it in the long-run.
> 2  is it worth training her in outlook since it's widely used but in the
blindness community it is not very popular and seems a little confusing.
>
> This person is a writer and like I said I think the easiest and fastest
transition is the best way to go here.
> bb
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