RE: Jaws and Word 2007
- From: "George B" <gbmagoo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:40:20 -0800
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> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of William L. Houts
> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 07:19
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Jaws and Word 2007
>
>
>
> Hello Listers,
>
> First, I'd like to introduce myself. I just joined the group and,
> mostly
> happily, have been using Jaws for about nine or ten years. I'm so
> glad to
> find a user list, and delighted that it's not on the accursed Yahoo
> system,
> heh.
>
> Here's my issue, and I'm betting you're familiar with it. I'm a
> novelist
> who's used Jaws and Word 2003 to composea novel. I'm now in the middle
> of
> my second novel and for various reasons, I purchased Office 2007.
>
> From an accessibility standpoint, that appears to have been a mistake.
>
> First, and I've never heard of this happening before, my copy of Office
> 2003
> was deleted when I installed the newer version. I've looked andn
> looked for
> it with the search utility but it really appears to have been scrubbed
> from
> my hard drive. Secondly, I've found that using Word 2007 is a
> maddening,
> curse-producing experience. Doing even simple things --well, they were
> simple in Word 2003-- seem to demand working eyeballs. It's like
> Microsoft
> forgot about the ADA, or else simply decided to say screw you to its VI
> customers.
>
> To start with --and I'm sure other related questions will pop up as I
> work
> on my current novel-- how do you focus Jaws on the bar where the word
> count
> takes place? And secondly, how do you change line lengths? Are there
> any
> scripts for JFW and Word 2007? Any information, as well as simple
> commiseration and plans for the imminent destruction of the truly Evil
> Empire, will be welcome.
>
>
> --Bill
>
>
>
>
> "I just flew in from the Land of the Dead, and boy are my arms tired."
>
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