[jaws-uk] Re: office 2007
- From: "Rashmi Shah" <RASHMI.SHAH.TAGGART@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 19:48:19 +0100
I am not so familiare with ribbon as mentioned in this thread. Please
explain.
Rashmi
Rashmi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Belinda P" <bcpfizz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 1:14 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: office 2007
>I think we'll go back to Office 2003, luckily we got the PC from Dell and
> they're happy to take Office 2007 back and supply Office 2003 instead.
> Thanks for everyone's comments on this.
> Belinda
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tristram Llewellyn" <tris-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 1:34 PM
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: office 2007
>
>
>> This is where I got in but you will need your Windows Live ID or will
>> have
>> to create it:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/eval/office/default.mspx
>> Regards.
>>
>> Tristram Llewellyn
>> Sight and Sound Technology
>> Technical Support
>> www.sightandsound.co.uk
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Mandy
>> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 4:28 PM
>> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: office 2007
>>
>>
>> What is the link?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tristram Llewellyn" <tris-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 3:34 PM
>> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: office 2007
>>
>>
>> You can get it here in the UK entirely from a download, I remember
>> having
>> a
>> slight struggle with the myself but it can be done, I am running one on
>> demo
>> now. You need a Windows Live ID like your hotmail address if you have
>> one.
>> I am not such a fan of the ribbon at the moment but like all things one
>> could get used to it. Among sighted users it has got a lot of good
>> press
>> and other developers wanting to use it under license. I'm even less of
>> a
>> fan MS Word being the compulsory editor and viewer of messages, this
>> seems
>> to cause problems with reading HTML messages in particular. This will
>> improve by the time most people migrate onto this Office platform.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> Tristram Llewellyn
>> Sight and Sound Technology
>> Technical Support
>> www.sightandsound.co.uk
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Mandy
>> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 1:22 PM
>> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: office 2007
>>
>>
>> Hi Brian I believe there is a demo of Office 2007 where do I find it
>> as
>> the only one I can find seems only able to be downloaded in America as
>> the combo boxes only refer to America and American states.
>>
>> Mandy.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Brian Hartgen
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 12:50 PM
>> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: office 2007
>>
>>
>> Hi Belinda
>>
>> A couple of months ago, I started testing JAWS with Office 2007 so as
>> to
>> provide detailed reports to Freedom Scientific about any potential
>> problems. Last Friday however, I took the brave step and went over to
>> working with Office 2007 full-time to process all my Email and
>> undertake
>> my word processing.
>>
>> First, don't be put off by the ribbon. Like anything, it just takes a
>> while to get used to and you will find that a good number of your old
>> keystrokes will work.
>>
>> The bad news is that you will need to upgrade to the very latest build
>> of JAWS 8 to take advantage of Office 2007.
>>
>> Please let me know if you have questions.
>>
>> Brian Hartgen
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Belinda P
>> Sent: 09 May 2007 12:40
>> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: office 2007
>>
>> No one seems to have replied to this, which surprises me, is no one at
>> all using Office 2007? We use Jaws version 6 and have just got a new
>> PC
>> with Windows XP Home on it instead of Vista, but unfortunately it has
>> Office 2007. I've only had a very quick look at Word so far but don't
>> like what I see at all. =20
>>
>> Firstly the new ribbon is going to be a bit of learning curve for most
>> people - does anyone know of a way round this, a way of getting back
>> to
>> the old menu structure? =20
>>
>> Secondly, and more worryingly, it doesn't seem to work with Jaws 6.
>> As
>> I said, I've only had a quick look so far but two really basic things
>> don't work: it doesn't read the text in Word, and it doesn't read out
>> the menu options in Word. Does this mean the only option is to
>> upgrade
>> the version of Jaws? =20
>>
>> I'd be grateful for people's thoughts, thanks.
>> Belinda
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>> From: Adrian Higginbotham=20
>> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
>> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 11:09 AM
>> Subject: [jaws-uk] office 2007
>>
>>
>> all: has anyone had a go with office 2007 particularly Outlook? I'm
>> piloting it at work on a new machine and having trouble with outlook
>> especially but haven't had much opportunity to investigate as yet so
>> am
>> unsure whether the issues are office related or machine set-up
>> related.
>> Word and access to the Ribbon seem ok although I haven't yet found all
>> of the basic features but in outlook I don't hear message senders or
>> subjects readout in message lists, and can only hear the message body
>> read out if I open the message, not in the preview payne. Nor have I
>> worked out how to switch on the folder treeview but suspect that one
>> is
>> much more me than anything else.
>>
>> so, my questions,
>> are you using office 2007 successfully,
>> are you using outlook 2007 successfully?
>>
>> if anyone can answer yes to either I might come back with some
>> follow
>> up questions but for now it would just be nice to know if anyone else
>> has made it work.
>>
>> Adrian Higginbotham
>>
>>
>> Accessibility content manager
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