That should work better than pages or open office, although I would try to find Nisus Writer pro on sale. On Jan 23, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Keith Reedy wrote: > 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 >> > > 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 >