Open Office is a free program and it works even if you have MS Office on
your computer. You will have to decide on whether or not free is worth it
to you.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: OpenOffice Accessibility
> I'm not interested in spread sheets, don't do book keeping or any of that
> stuff. Can I run it while still having office 2000 on my machine? Does
> it
> make writing easier than office? Does it require any different
> keystrokes?
> Bottom line, is it worth it? Judith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean McMahon" <smcmahon@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 8:18 PM
> Subject: Re: OpenOffice Accessibility
>
>
>> Runns all your word files, free, mostly accessible apparently not the
>> spreadsheet though. Cons, not as accessible as jaws. No specialized
>> jaws
>> scripts so it is relying on the features of the java accessibility tools.
> It
>> has good context sensative help. Another pro, if something doesn't work,
>> someone with enough nohow, such as someone on a mailing list, can fix it.
> The
>> reason for that is because it's open source so you can actually see why
>> something is going wrong. It's developer Sun, is fairly good about
> getting back
>> to you so don't ever get fooled into thinking paid software means better
> support
>> then free software. There's often lots of people to complain to when
> things go
>> caput.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 2:22 PM
>> Subject: Re: OpenOffice Accessibility
>>
>>
>> > What are the pros and cons? If the pros outweigh the cons can anyone
> give
>> > the links for the program and everything else you need to run it?
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Sean McMahon" <smcmahon@xxxxxxxx>
>> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 3:14 PM
>> > Subject: Re: OpenOffice Accessibility
>> >
>> >
>> > > It is free and it's a completely seperate program from office 2003.
> You
>> > need
>> > > java and the access bridge to use it properly.
>> > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > > From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 10:50 AM
>> > > Subject: Re: OpenOffice Accessibility
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > > I hav office 2000. Is OpenOffice 1.14 a free download and does it
>> > enhance
>> > > > office 2000? Judith
>> > > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > > > From: "Angus at InfoForce Services" <angus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > > > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > > > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 1:19 PM
>> > > > Subject: OpenOffice Accessibility
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > > I like to try new programs now and again. I downloaded OpenOffice
> 1.14
>> > and
>> > > > > installed it. The word processor seems fairly accessible, however
> the
>> > > > spread
>> > > > > sheet is a no go. Am I just daft, or our there JAWS 6.2 scripts
> for
>> > > > > OpenOffice? I am using Windows XP Home SP2.
>> > > > >
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