[access-uk] Re: Open office now apparently fully accessible!
- From: carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 16:43:43 +0100
Yes, thinking of putting it on the laptop!
Thanks for your vote of confidence!
Carol P
----- Original Message -----
From: Mobeen Iqbal <mobeeniqbal@xxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
CC:
Date: Sunday, 25 May 2014 1.28 pm
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Open office now apparently fully accessible!
>
>
> 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!
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0was hi carol.
0was
0was nope, as far as i know from comments i've read its just like using
0was office 2003! it didn't seem resource intensive either when i've tried
0was it in the past, though i've yet to try this new version...
0was
0was Mo.
0was
0was 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 than
>>>> Open Office. The latest version 4.1 is now accessible out of the
>>>> box. No
>>>> Java or any other complex things to install and configure! It's quite
>>>> funny actually the Writer Word Processor program may remind you of
>>>> Word
>>>> 95 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
>>>>
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