[nfbcs] Jarte

[Joe Orozco]

Steve,

Think of WordPad on steroids.  The menus are expanded with greater
functionality, but they are logical in structure and easy to access.  I've
only been using it for less than a day, but I am very much impressed, this
from a guy who has spent time working with a wide range of text editors and
word processors.  My primary reason for giving Jarte a try was to try to
find a way to avoid the formatting errors I inadvertently find in my Word
documents.  Underlining only one heading somehow manages to underline the
whole section, and so forth.  I think Jarte gives you greater control over
text, but bear in mind this is only an early evaluation.

The font reports are the only minor glitch I've found with JAWS
accessibility.  I'm extracting this information from a screen character.  In
Jarte, JAWS reports the character is 15 point.  When I open the same
document in Word I am informed the character is in fact 12 point, the way I
set up Jarte to display.

Another minor annoyance, something that happens with both Word and Jarte, is
that JAWS no longer reads "right aligned" or "centered," etc. when applying
the corresponding keystroke.  JAWS 7 was the last time I was able to hear
that audible cue, but it may very well be something I have failed to uncheck
somewhere.  Regardless, you can confirm alignment with a different
keystroke.

On the whole, I am very impressed with Jarte and may very well replace
EdSharp as my easy text editor since Jarte could feasibly handle both simple
text files and more complicated Word files.  Give it a try.  I think you'll
find it most useful.

Joe Orozco

"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the
crowd."--Max Lucado 

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:30 AM
To: NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Jarte

Joe,

Tell us more.  What makes you like this better than Word 
besides the obvious price advantage.  I'm not a particular fan 
of Word, but I also like to understand the differences.  

How are you guys getting the font size?  While it is likely 
that an attempt is made to make the screen characters look like 
what will print, the relative sizes can sometimes vary.  Are 
you looking at the font associated with a screen character, or 
are you lifting the font information from a status field on the screen?

On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:57:39 -0600, Wunder, Gary wrote:

>I see the problem but do not know how to fix it. I'm also not certain 
>which report is correct - the one you get when you are setting 
the font 
>or the one you get when
you inquire about the font size.

> 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>Behalf Of Joe Orozco
>Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:39 PM
>To: 'NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List'
>Cc: 'NFB Webmaster's List'
>Subject: [nfbcs] Jarte

>Hello,

>Someone on one of these two lists recommended Jarte as a word 
processor.
>I've installed it, works great, but I wonder if you could tell me how, 
>if at all, one can fix the font recognition with JAWS?  It keeps 
>reading Times New Roman 15
point even after I've changed the settings in the format menu.
>Thanks in advance.  It's a hell of a lot better than Word, 
even though I'm keeping Word for the time being.

>Joe Orozco

>"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the 
>crowd."--Max Lucado
> 

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