i've just tried this and its fantastic considering how it worked last time! all the menus read fine its like an updated version of office 2003! the only minor drawback is that with jaws, the sells don't read as you arrow through them in the spreadsheet app. you have to press the number 5 key on your numeric keypad to find out which sell you're on and then it reads fine. still, a vast improvement. i hardly deal with spreadsheets these days so not a major issue for me.
Mo. On 25/05/2014 12:48, carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
That's good news. I liked 2003 better! Carol P ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mobeen Iqbal" <mobeeniqbal@xxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 10:24 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Open office now apparently fully accessible!hi carol.nope, as far as i know from comments i've read its just like using office 2003! it didn't seem resource intensive either when i've tried it in the past, though i've yet to try this new version...Mo. On 24/05/2014 22:03, carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:Does it take up less resources than MS Office and does it have less functionality? Further, do we get those horrid ribbons?Carol P ----- Original Message ----- From: Vincent Thacker <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx CC: Date: Saturday, 24 May 2014 9.44 pm Subject: [access-uk] Re: Open office now apparently fully accessible!Mo,Yes, I installed this a bit earlier, and from what I have done so far, it's accessible, both menus and documents, and the accessibility is already enabled before you start it.Very promising, at any rate. Vince. ======================================== Message Received: May 24 2014, 07.31 PM From: "Mobeen Iqbal" To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Subject: [access-uk] Open office now apparently fully accessible! the following has been posted to BCAB, i haven't tried it yet but apparently its fully working. Hi all Want a free and open source productivity suite? Look no further thanOpen Office. The latest version 4.1 is now accessible out of the box. NoJava or any other complex things to install and configure! It's quitefunny actually the Writer Word Processor program may remind you of Word95 to 2003. Anyway go to www.openoffice.org and look for Apache Open Office. -- Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu --To find out more about BCAB and the benefits that membership can bring, please visit our website:http://www.bcab.org.uk/To manage your subscription to the BCAB mailing list, please visit our website:http://www.bcab.org.uk/bcab-discussion-list/To discuss matters relating to the mailing list, please email moderator@xxxxxxxxxxx.** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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