John and all, I recently switch to Nisus Writer Express a great little word processor. Keith Reedy On Jan 23, 2010, at 12:13 PM, John Panarese wrote: > I don't know much about templates, but I'd be curious to know if either > Open Office or Pages will enable one to get around the need for MS 2008. I > wouldn't be surprised if either of those apps will do the job for you. I > know they both will recognize and use a variety of formats and such. > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Managing Director > Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. > 9 Nolan Court > Hauppauge, NY 11788 > Tel/Fax, (631) 724-4479 > Email, tvii@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com > > AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS FOR PORTSET SYSTEMS LTD, COMPSOLUTIONS VA, PREMIER > ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INDEX, PAPENMEIER, REPRO-TRONICS, DUXBURY, SEROTEK > AND OTHER PRODUCTS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > On Jan 22, 2010, at 11:20 PM, Amanda wrote: > >> That's a shame. I need to use Microsoft office as I need to use Microsoft >> Templates for work. >> On 23/01/2010, at 1:31 PM, Jeffrey Shockley wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I don't think MS Office is usable with VoiceOver, unless something has >>> changed I didn't know about. >>> But, so far, MS Office hasn't been usable for us VO users on the Mac, but >>> that's OK since there are alternatives for MS Office products. >>> HTH, >>> Jeffrey >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amanda" <pebbles11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 7:30 PM >>> Subject: [macvoiceover] Office 2008 >>> >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Is Office 2008 usable with voiceover? I'm interested particularly in Word. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Amanda >>>>> >>>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>>> >>>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>>> >>>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>>> >>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>> >>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface >>>> at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >> >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >