Chip,
I suggest you give the Window-Eyes Outlook Calendar feature (insert-c) a
try. It is nothing like the native Outlook "active appointments" view.
The native user interface (even when tried to make accessible as JAWS
tried) just doesn't cut it from the keyboard. Outlook's native
interface was designed for sighted users who can look at the entire view
and use the mouse to click quickly to what they want with limited clumsy
keyboard support added. This is why we didn't waste time in trying to
make the native user interface accessible (which we easily could have
done). Instead we designed a very powerful and blind friendly
accessible dialog making it much more efficient for a blind user and
even adding additional functionality that Outlook doesn't provide along
the way.
When you press insert-c, it will populate the listvew of appointments
based on the radio button by Day, work week, week, month, year or
custom. Note, this is already more powerful then the native Outlook
user interface as you don't have this many options to view. The
listview is much more efficient to navigate as well. The appointments
which are used are based on the calendars you have selected in Outlook.
So if you want three of your personal calendars and twenty other
co-workers, you would simply select the calendars you want using the
native Outlook interface as this part is very accessible. This is the
same interface a sighted user would have to use to display the same
calendars. Depending on the version of Outlook the procedure is
slightly different. Then when you press insert-C, Window-Eyes looks to
see what calendars you have selected and shows all the appointments from
these calendars. You can easily determine which appointment came from
which calendar from our dialog if you need to know this.
I've only scratched the surface with our dialog but I hope this helps
you to better understand the real power and potential from our dialog
versus the keyboard clumsy Outlook interface. Our manual describes
everything in much more detail if you are interested in more.
Regards,
Doug
Chip Orange wrote:
Sorry again John, my bad here.
I had switched back to jaws (I have to because of problems where window
eyes doesn't read office "intellisense" so I can't do my job using it),
and so I didn't get the correct results from insert C.
I see now you want the list view (this is virtually the same, in case
you don't know this already, as the "active appointments" view available
in outlook).
So, one thing you could do is open the other person's calendar, and
change the outlook view to be either "events" or "active appointments",
which would give you this list format.
That's the only way I see for you to handle this; however, GW could now
easily implement this command as a script (and perhaps eliminate their
com add-in for outlook). They could give you the info from the
currently displayed calendar, rather than the default one for your
account, which when I tried it is what they're doing.
That is, even though I had someone else's calendar displayed, the insert
C command gave me the info from mine.
This should be easily scripted, so if you're into scripts at all you
could do this yourself right now.
hth,
Chip
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Florida Public Service Commission
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chip Orange [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 2:22 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Window-Eyes Outlook Calendar
John,
I'm sorry, but I *still* don't understand your question then?
If you need to see someone else's calendar in outlook, you
would follow
the steps I mentioned, then use the window eyes calendar view you
mentioned to give you the view of the calendar you wanted.
BTW, the command insert plus C gives me the error message "word not
found" in outlook 2003.
I don't know what this command normally does, does it open the outlook
calendar folder for you, saving you the trouble of using the outlook
command control-2?
Chip
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Database Administrator
Florida Public Service Commission
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-----Original Message-----
From: Farley, John [OS-IE] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9:42 AM
To: Chip Orange; [email protected]
Subject: RE: Window-Eyes Outlook Calendar
Thanks for this Cjhip, but it did not answer my question.
I believe you have described the "native" Outlook facility.
I was look for a way of using the Window-Eyes calendar view
which you
initiate with <insert>c
Thanks.
Regards, John.
John Farley
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chip
Orange
Sent: 13 January 2009 14:36
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Window-Eyes Outlook Calendar
Well, first, the other people in question must give you permision
through the outlook options, the "delegates" tab.
Once they've done this, you can see their entire calendar via
the "file
| open" menu choices.
Or, you can see their calendar indirectly via trying to schedule a
meeting and including them. it will tell you if they're
free or not.
hth,
Chip
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Chip Orange
Database Administrator
Florida Public Service Commission
[email protected]
(850) 413-6314
(Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.)
-----Original Message-----
From: Farley, John [OS-IE] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 6:25 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Window-Eyes Outlook Calendar
The facility that WE gives of an easy view of the Outlook
calendar is
very useful and easy to use.
It would be better if I were able to look at other people's
calendars
as well as my own. Outlook itself does allow this.
Can it be done, and is so, how please?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, John.
John Farley
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