[Trainer-Talk] Using virtual ribbon menus in JAWS

[JASON ALAMILLO]

Hello Kelsey, I have to agree with Raul and Brad on this one. Yes it is useful to use the virtual ribbons on Jaws, but the thing is and I’m not going to say this as great as Raul did, you never know when either Freedom Scientific will change things around, or change hotkeys and their mechanics and functions, or take them away. For me I don’t want to set them up for failure in the future if another version of Office is released, they buy it, and then that hotkey they use to simulate a Word function doesn’t work. I personally will also, as Raul does, teach them to use the ribbons on word, or any other thing like that before I go and teach them something like the Jaws virtual ribbons menu. I will also teach them that, but that is if they want to, and if they do, like Raul said, I always give the disclaimer we have all talked about. Sorry if I’m rambling on, but I just wanted to give you some input.

> On Jul 22, 2021, at 7:50 PM, Kelsey Nicolay via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I currently am running JAWS 2021 and find that I prefer to use the virtual ribbon menus because I hate the ribbons in Microsoft Office. However, there seems to be a lot of debate on this topic; some sources say it’s a matter of personal preference while others don’t recommend it because it makes things more difficult to find. I am curious to know what everyone’s thoughts are on the virtual ribbon menus option in JAWS. Do you teach both ways and let the student decide what works best or should virtual ribbon menus not be used at all and instead learn to use the standard ribbons? 
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