[access-uk] Re: Which Office and Vista with JAWS?
- From: "brian hartgen" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 06:20:17 +0100
Hi
I can answer some of your questions.
I'm getting a little annoyed about the rumours which usually fly around
whenever there is a new jaws update about allegedly whether it contains
problems or not. That's not your fault, you are just going by what you have
heard. However, I can assure you jaws works very well with Vista. Like any new
operating system, it takes time to get used to some aspects of it, but jaws
works fine when using it as do the other leading screen-readers.
Next, if you go to the Freedom Scientific web site, and to the jaws training
link, you wil find a presentation in a daisy book or MP3 file detailing some of
the differences between XP and Vista.
www.freedomscientific.com
Office 2007 is fine. Again, it takes a little time to become used to it, but
jaws gives support by pressing insert F1 on any aspect of the new ribbon bar.
You will get context sensitive help concerning how to work with the focused
item. Office 2007 performs best with jaws when used with Vista I feel than
Office 2007 under xP.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ari
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 8:59 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Which Office and Vista with JAWS?
Hi guys,
Just a few questions here, I'm getting a laptop and have JAWS 8 for uni, so
bear in mind that, when giving me advice about the office suite, I'll need to
use it for, not just writing assignments, but formatting the documents,
inserting tables, maybe even a little spreadsheet work, but mainly the word
processor.
First, the laptop comes with Windows Vista Home Basic, how usable is this
with JAWS, I read somewhere that JAWS has many problems with Vista, is this
true?
Second, where can I find something, which I can read/listen to, which will
explain to me how Vista will be different to XP, which I am using now, and how
to use Vista effectively?
Third, since the laptop will cost quite a bit, I'm not sure if I can buy
Office right away, I'm thinking of using Openoffice or something in the
meantime, will that work with JFW? (can't test it myself, as this computer
isn't mine)
Fourth, the only Office on sale now is Office 2007, where can I read
something on how to use Word 2007 with JAWS, and, overall, how good does Word
2007 perform with JFW, or should I try and find a copy of Office 2003 from
somewhere else instead?
Thanks
Ari
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