[nfbcs] Office 2013

[Steve Jacobson]

Louis,

>From what I have read elsewhere, you are right that many people seem to be using Office 2013 successfully.  However, I must confess to feeling 
frustrated that upgrades to Microsoft products generally are something for us to endure rather than to benefit from.  Just once, I'd like the chance to hear 
that an upgrade to office actually was something I really wanted, given that I'll have to upgrade at some point.  Nevertheless, your note along with Doug 
Lee's note bring to the discussion the fact that we need to investigate and understand accessibility problems completely.  It would be very useful to 
understand, for example, if the information not displayed is being displayed in a control that would be accessible if it was supported by screen readers.  On 
the other side of the coin, though, I know that there have been cases when Microsoft has used new technology but has not addressed bugs in that 
technology making it difficult for screen readers to implement.  As consumers, we can't get a very complete view of all of this because of the non-
disclosure agreements that are in place.  In some cases, I suspect that screen reader developers do not have the resources to keep up with the pace of 
change being implemented by Microsoft.  It is a complicated picture, but I believe we have to understand all of this better so we can figure out where to 
apply pressure effectively.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:21:56 -0600, Louis Maher wrote:

>Folks,

>While certain dialogues, such as the envelope dialogue, are not accessible,
>in general, office 2013 works fairly well.  It is helpful to make the ribbon
>visible.

>Regards
>Louis Maher
>Phone 713-444-7838
>E-mail ljmaher at swbell.net



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