Is there any chance that MS office would be accessible in the future that we know of? On Jan 23, 2010, at 3:53 PM, Tim Grady wrote: > That should work better than pages or open office, although I would try to > find Nisus Writer pro on sale. > On Jan 23, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Keith Reedy wrote: > >> John and all, >> >> I recently switch to Nisus Writer Express a great little word processor. >> >> Keith Reedy >> On Jan 23, 2010, at 12:13 PM, John Panarese wrote: >> >>> I don't know much about templates, but I'd be curious to know if either >>> Open Office or Pages will enable one to get around the need for MS 2008. I >>> wouldn't be surprised if either of those apps will do the job for you. I >>> know they both will recognize and use a variety of formats and such. >>> >>> Take Care >>> >>> John D. Panarese >>> Managing Director >>> Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. >>> 9 Nolan Court >>> Hauppauge, NY 11788 >>> Tel/Fax, (631) 724-4479 >>> Email, tvii@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com >>> >>> AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS FOR PORTSET SYSTEMS LTD, COMPSOLUTIONS VA, PREMIER >>> ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INDEX, PAPENMEIER, REPRO-TRONICS, DUXBURY, SEROTEK >>> AND OTHER PRODUCTS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED >>> >>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >>> MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >>> >>> On Jan 22, 2010, at 11:20 PM, Amanda wrote: >>> >>>> That's a shame. I need to use Microsoft office as I need to use Microsoft >>>> Templates for work. >>>> On 23/01/2010, at 1:31 PM, Jeffrey Shockley wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> I don't think MS Office is usable with VoiceOver, unless something has >>>>> changed I didn't know about. >>>>> But, so far, MS Office hasn't been usable for us VO users on the Mac, but >>>>> that's OK since there are alternatives for MS Office products. >>>>> HTH, >>>>> Jeffrey >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amanda" <pebbles11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>> To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 7:30 PM >>>>> Subject: [macvoiceover] Office 2008 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> Is Office 2008 usable with voiceover? I'm interested particularly in >>>>>> Word. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Amanda >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>>>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>>>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>>>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>>>>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>>>> >>>>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>>>> >>>>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>>>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>>> >>>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>>> >>>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>>> >>> >>>> >>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>> >>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >> >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >