Re: Worth upgrading to JAWS 12 from 11 question
- From: "Farfar Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:23:01 -0800
Ed,
You can learn the ribbons, and you seem to be astute enough to do so, based on
your postings. Give them a try before you buy JAWS 12. Try to note or remember
those Alt+ key combinations you use often because most will still work with the
ribbon.
I worked with Office 2007 for a couple years with JAWS 9 and JAWS 11 before I
finally loaded JAWS 12. The Virtual ribbon is nice, but it screws up the Quick
Access Toolbar functionality, and that's the one area that FS needs to decide
on how they want to handle it, since it's no longer even consistent across the
Office suite of programs. Of course you don't know yet what I'm referring to,
since the QAT is part of the ribbon. However the QAT is very nice as it allows
you to customize those often-used tools into simple Alt + number shortcuts.
Take the ribbon plunge with your current version of JAWS, and steady on, my
friend.
Dave
Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio Recording
and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area.
----- Original Message -----
From: Marquette, Ed
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 09:44
Subject: RE: Worth upgrading to JAWS 12 from 11 question
This topic is of considerable interest to me. I no longer have an SMA, and
our firm is using Office 2003.
We are, however, upgrading to Office 2010 in about 60days.
So, if I'm stuck with the ribbons, won't I need JAWS 12?
Is it actually possible to use Office 2010's ribbons with a keyboard?
What I've heard generally is that ribbons are unworkable and that without the
JAWS virtual ribbons, Office 2010 is unusable.
I suspect that's an overstatement. I believe that there are people using
WindowEyes and System Access with Office 2010, and I more than suspect that
neither of those screen readers offers the virtual ribbons feature.
At the same time, I'm pretty busy and really don't have time to learn a whole
new interface.
I find my self challenged as it is in learning Google Docs, which I've been
required to do for a particularly significant client.
So, I guess the question raised in the subject line still remains.
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Yadiel Sotomayor
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 11:26 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Worth upgrading to JAWS 12 from 11 question
Well, if you have the SMA, sure. Also, the virtual ribbons are a great
feature, however, not a deciding factor.
From: Christian
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 11:20 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Worth upgrading to JAWS 12 from 11 question
Hi all,
Just have a question, is it worth upgrading to v12 of JAWS from v11?
Many thanks,
Christian
Yadiel J. Sotomayor
E-MAIL: yadosotomayor@xxxxxxxxxxx
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