Re: Alternative Word-2003 menus for Word 2007
- From: Yardbird <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 10:12:53 -0700
Gerald,
I use Word all day, every day. word 2000, that is, and I'm not the least bit
dissatisfied with it except that I occasionally hear rumors that Jaws won't be
working well with some of its functions for very long, and that sort of thing.
I even have a copy of Word 2003 that came loaded onto my computer when it was
new, but I don't even use that, mostly because I really can't figure out the
changed Thesaurus function that I've come to know and love for its design and
simple accessibility in Word 2000. So even though I use Word quite a bit,
maybe bothering with Word 2007 isn't yet worth the trouble?
Joel
----- Original Message -----
From: Gerald Levy
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: Alternative Word-2003 menus for Word 2007
Unfortunately, you have to purchase the entire MS Office 2007 suite just to get
Word 2007. You can pick it up for under $150, depending on which edition you
want. FS provides a series of Daisy book tutorials on using Office 2007 with
JAWS. Unless you do a lot of word processing, there's probably no good reason
to rush out and buy it .
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: Yardbird
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: Alternative Word-2003 menus for Word 2007
Hi Sue,
I'm still using one of the older versions of Word, but feel as if it might be
a practical idea to buy and install Word 2007 one of these days in order not to
be left behind with decreasing jaws support for my Word 2000. But I don't even
know a couple of basic things, like can you just purchase Word 2007 alone, or
must you get it as part of that office suite, and is that an expensive
proposition? And second, how does a Jaws user learn to use Word 2007 and its
notorious ribbon? Is there a tutorial or an instruction manual for it somewhere
online?
thanks.
Joel
----- Original Message -----
From: Sue B
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 6:01 AM
Subject: Re: Alternative Word-2003 menus for Word 2007
I'm going to throw my two cents worth in on this one. I agree with George
that those menus aren't really all that useful. If you are new to MS Office
then skip them altogether and learn how the ribbons work. If you are firmly
attached to the menus as they were used in earlier versions of MS Office, then
these might be useful for finding commands that you don't have keystrokes
already memorized for. However, they don't just add the menu bar back so that
you can go on with things as you always did, there is still new stuff to learn.
I've found in teaching that I can teach someone who was familiar with the menus
to use the ribbons in about as much time as it takes to teach them to find and
then navigate these add-ins. My vote is that if you are using JAWS 10, I'd go
for taking the time to learn how to navigate the ribbons. In case anyone is
anxious about the switch to Office 2007, most of the dialog boxes, once you get
to them from the ribbon, are the same as the ones in Office 2003 were, so
getting to the options you need isn't really all that different.
Sue B.
George B wrote:
Dave eather have I they are kind of confusing let me know what you figure
out.
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The
courage to change the things that I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Dave Carlson
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 04:11
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Alternative Word-2003 menus for Word 2007
Anyone actually tried to use these? They seem to be templates but I've not
been able to make them work.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Gerald Levy
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 03:55
Subject: Re: page layout in word 2007
I can go one step further. Below is the link to a web site from which
you can download a free add-on to Word 2007 that adds the classic Word 2003
menus. This way, you can have your cake and eat it too. If you are befuddled
by Word 2007's ribbon menus, you can just switch to the more familiar Word 2003
menus.
http://in.geocities.com/shahshaileshs/menuaddins
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: Curtis Jackson
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 8:20 PM
Subject: RE: page layout in word 2007
Can you tell me what Kim koomandos web site is please?
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Dave Mitchell
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 5:52 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: page layout in word 2007
Hi, Kim Koomando posted a program on her Cool Site of the Day on May
19th that described a free program to replace the Word 2007 Ribbon with all
your familiar menus.
If you search her site I expect you can find this particular post and
the link to the company that provides the download. Good luck, Mitch
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Carlson
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: page layout in word 2007
John,
Welcome to the confusing world of Office 2007 and the ribbon!
You'll probably spend a lot of time groping around the ribbon,
looking for your old familiar dialog boxes. It wasn't easy for me.
Simply to answer your question:
Alt-p
Down arrow
Tab 4 times
Enter
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: John Fioravanti
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 14:16
Subject: page layout in word 2007
Hi: I just installed word 2007 and when I go to page layout to
hopefully get to margin setings, it says hit tab or shiftt Alt followed by p.
when I use tab or shift tab it talks about help and alt and P do nothing. Any
help would be appreciated. John Fioravanti
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