Thanks for your reply. I figured iWorks would probably be more stable, just from my past experiences with apple products.
Rafael -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] on behalf of Jacob Schmude Sent: Wed 1/14/2009 4:16 PM To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind Subject: Re: Iworks 9 vs. open office Hi Both OO and iWork have some accessibility quirks, but overall I prefer iWork. It's far more stable, and quite a bit faster, and with less quirks than Openoffice at least for me. The best thing you can do is try them both and see which meets your needs, you can get a thirty-day trial of iWork here: http://www.apple.com/iwork/trial/ hth On Jan 14, 2009, at 17:10, Rafael Bejarano wrote: > Hello, > > This e-mail is intended for those of you who have used both open > office and iWorks 9. Can you tell me which is more accessible with > VoiceOver? I have worked a bit in the word-processing application of > Open Office, and although it is accessible (for the most part), it > has its problems (e.g., with lay-out). So, is the word processing > application better in one than in the other? What about the > spreadsheet app? Your thoughts on these issues would be greatly > appreciated. > > Cordially, > Rafael Bejarano The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair. --Douglas Adams
