It’s for enterprise really, who don’t want anything to do with cloud services.
All the best
Steve
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Michael
Cassidy
Sent: 03 January 2019 16:17
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Office 365 accessibility advantages
Hi Steve,
What’s the point in having a non-Cloud-based upgrade?
Mike
On 2 Jan 2019, at 10:06, Steve Nutt <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
Hi Jackie,
I don’t think you can. Because the whole Office 365 deal is cloud based.
Since Office 2019 is based on non-cloud stuff, it would be counter to the
Office 365 ethos.
All the best
Steve
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<mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Jackie
Brown
Sent: 02 January 2019 09:14
To: <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Office 365 accessibility advantages
Hi Steve
I just assumed you could, perhaps wrongly then, we certainly did from 2013 to
2016?
Kind regards,
Jackie Brown
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<mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Steve
Nutt
Sent: 02 January 2019 09:05
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Office 365 accessibility advantages
Can you upgrade to Office 2019 with a 365 subscription? I haven’t seen the
upgrade installer when I’ve logged in.
All the best
Steve
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<mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Jackie
Brown
Sent: 01 January 2019 15:56
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Office 365 accessibility advantages
Hi George
Yes, we have Office 365 and are currently running 2016, we haven’t up[graded to
2019 yet. We each have a Microsoft account, but you can still do that and
share it with someone else in the home which is what we’ve been doing for a
long time. This gives us the ability to download the full version of Office
and each have 1tb of Cloud space in the form of OneDrive.
Does that make it any clearer?
Kind regards,
Jackie Brown
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From: <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <
<mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of George
Bell
Sent: 01 January 2019 13:27
To: <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Office 365 accessibility advantages
Hi Jackie,
I’m a shade confused here, so will have to do some research later. You say you
have Office 2016, yet share a 365 subscription.
I may be wrong here, but I perhaps wrongly understood that Office 2019 was in
effect 365 without all the Cloud rubbish.
What’s driving me mad with Word 2019, is the additional grammar checking which
displays a blue double underline. I know I can turn it off, but that’s not the
point. It’s far from obvious at times why something has been flagged in this
way.
George
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<mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Jackie
Brown
Sent: 01 January 2019 13:03
To: <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Office 365 accessibility advantages
Hi Peter
It depends how often you use Microsoft Office, what operating system you have,
and version of screen reader. If, for example, you have an older version of
JAWS, you might struggle to get the best out of 365. We are running Windows 10
with the latest JAWS 2019 release and Office 2016. Because we both use Outlook
and Word a lot, the 365 subscription we share is good value for money. There
are quirks here and there, but I don’t know if they are to do with JAWS or
Microsoft, or a combination of the two. I jumped from 2003 to 365 so can’t
comment on 2007 or 2010. I don’t think about the ribbons any more unless I’m
looking for something new and have to hunt for it. Office is a really bulky
program, and if you are an occasional user, perhaps a 365 subscription isn’t
worthwhile? You can make some adjustments so Outlook and Word are more
friendly with a screen reader, and the bulk of work I carry out in Word and
Outlook is accessible. We will probably update to 2019 when our machines need
a make-over or restore, but neither of us is desperate to go down that road
right now for the sake of a few bells and whistles Microsoft has likely
introduced to justify it.
Kind regards,
Jackie Brown
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<mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Peter
Bentley (Redacted sender "bentleypd31" for DMARC)
Sent: 01 January 2019 11:29
To: <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Office 365 accessibility advantages
I understand the advantages in the subscription approach, particularly the
claim that it is continually being updated in the area of screen reader use.
However it is considerably more expensive long-term.
I currently use Office 2010. My questions are:
1. Is 2019 significantly more accessible in some of the more difficult
dialogue boxes?
2. The claim is that Microsoft is continually making improvements in this area.
How true is this and how significant are the changes.
I realise that you pay your money and make a choice but for the average home
user who is basically coping though struggling in some areas, is the extra cost
justified?
Peter
