Perhaps to sighted people it is more appealing also and quicker to learn. Eleanor ----- Original Message ----- From: Tristram Llewellyn To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 9:40 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Office 2003 versus 2007 There is nothing to my knowledge in Office 2007 that makes things easier for a screen reader user. I would stick with Office 2003 if you have a valid license. The main thrust of Office 2007 was to make features more accessible) at least that is the advertising copy perhaps) but to experienced users it is more like patronising and dumbing down (especially Excel I think). -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1280 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message