[bcab] Re: Red and yellow cells

George,

Just to pick up on the fact that Eleanor didn't say don't use colour,
she said don't use colour *alone*. And given the list we're on, I think
we can take it as read that she's not talking about spreadsheets created
by sighted users and aimed at sighted users. It's understood that colour
is useful for people who can detect; it should be just as understood
that it's not useful if you can't detect it or have to work at detecting
it. 

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of George Bell
Sent: 26 February 2008 13:05
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Re: Red and yellow cells

I'd have to disagree here, Eleanor.  Right now I am working with a
spreadsheet which, when printed is approximately one and a half meters
tall by almost 3 metres wide. It's 98 lines by 67 columns.
 
It is basically an analysis of braille symbols used throughout the E.C.
Without the use of colour to highlight differences, it would be
extremely difficult to perform the kind of analysis required.  Moreover,
the majority of target audience are sighted.
 
Ultimately this will have to be converted into some kind of database,
and then produced as a web page where two or more countries can be
selected and compared side by side.
 
Admittedly this is a rather unusual project, but I cannot see any
alternative way of making things stand out.
 
George.

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From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Eleanor Tew 
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 8:52 AM
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Re: Red and yellow cells


Thanks.  That worked.  How do listers feel about discouraging colleagues
from using colour alone to highlight spreadsheet cells because of the
time it can take to examine the colour of each cell in a large
spreadsheet?

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From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Mel Spooner
Sent: 25 February 2008 12:20
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Re: Red and yellow cells


Hi Eleanor,
 
Jaws key plus 5 on your number row will announce the colour of your
cells.  It announces the colour of the font and its background.  For
example, it is currently saying black on white to me for this Email,
denoting black text on a white background.  Hope this helps.
 
Mel
 

Mel Spooner
Service Desk Assistant
ICT Services
Resources Department
Nottinghamshire County Council
Tel   0115 854 6116
Email mel.spooner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

 

________________________________

From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of "Eleanor Tew " <eleanor.tew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 25 February 2008 11:57
To: <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bcab] Red and yellow cells



I recently received a spreadsheet with some cells highlighted in red and
yellow and couldn't find a JAWS 6.2 keystroke to tell me which they
were.  Can anyone help?


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