Hi Josh,

Thanks for your reply. If you do have an opportunity to explore Numbers soon, 
please pass on your observations.

Cordially,
Rafael


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] on behalf of Josh de Lioncourt
Sent: Wed 1/14/2009 6:00 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 Rafael,

 From what I have seen so far, I'd say that iWork '09, and  
particularly Pages, is dramatically better than OpenOffice.org.  What  
accessibility issues it has are minor, and its usability is extremely  
impressive.

Numbers, the spreadsheet app, is trickier, and I haven't delved deeply  
enough into it yet to make a decisive analysis.  However, based on my  
initial observations, I'd say that it is at least as good as the  
spreadsheet app in the OpenOffice.org suite, and probably better.  It  
does require a steeper learning curve though, I believe.

Hope this helps.

Josh de Lioncourt
Mac-cessibility: http://www.Lioncourt.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Lioncourt

"Beauty was a savage garden, so why should it wound him that the most  
despairing music is full of beauty?"
        The Vampire Lestat--Anne Rice



On Jan 14, 2009, at 2:10 PM, 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




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