Chip, Thank you for that information. How did you determine they mislabeled the object model? That is sort of what I theorized by the way it was acting, or at the very least, that it was not truly based upon the same code base in some way. Yes indeed, it isn't worth doing anything with this, and I really didn't expect you or anyone to try it, I just thought someone might know if it was different in some way and youseemed to have found that answer. Out of curiosity, I'll probably try it with Narrator or something to see what happens, but it makes more sense just to pursue other options. Thanks again.
Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:21:17 -0500, Chip Orange wrote: >Steve, >Well, I thought I had read you could download trial versions of Office which >would work fully for a limitted amount of time; perhaps you could use the >trial version to get you through your temporary situation? >I really know nothing much about Office Starter, and since it can't be >downloaded, I won't have any chance to check it out. I can see it looks >like they've disabled the object model, and so screen readers may not be >able to get any info from it. >You could try narrator or NVDA to see what it can read for you from Office >Starter; that way, you'd know if it's a Window-Eyes issue or really no >screen reader can work with this app. >hth, >Chip > >-----Original Message----- >From: Steve Jacobson [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 8:35 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: Microsoft Office Starter >Chip, >I was hoping to just use it to be able to open and read Word documents for a >while until I figure out whether I can transfer a license from another >machine. It sounds like it isn't worth it from what you have said. >Best regards, >Steve Jacobson >On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:14:57 -0500, Chip Orange wrote: >>Steve, >>It doesn't seem to me to have any more capabilities than WordPad, if >>you can still get that for your temporary use, then that might do you. >>You can use Office starter to download an upgrade to full Office (or of >>course probably buy full Office at a better price over the internet). >>No one can download Office Starter, so I am unable to see if scripting >>would help out the situation. >>Hth, >>Chip >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Steve Jacobson [mailto:[email protected]] >>Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 11:19 AM >>To: GW-INFO List >>Subject: Microsoft Office Starter >>On my new laptop, there is something called Microsoft Office Starter. >>I thought that this might work for me for a while until I get Microsoft >>Office on that machine, but it does not seem to work well with >>Window-Eyes. Is Microsoft Word Starter a different program than >>Microsoft Word rather than just being a limited version? I may still >>not have something configured correctly but thought I'd ask here before >>I spend a ton of time on this. Thanks for any information. >>Best regards, >>Steve Jacobson >>Best regards, >>Steve Jacobson >>If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >>sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your >>message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your >>message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >>GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can >>manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. >>If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >>sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list >and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your >message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >>GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can >>manage your list subscription at >http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. >If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender >only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is >related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to >[email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can >manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. >If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. >If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage >your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
