Friends,
I can't answer to the specific error message in the previous posting
about Office 2007, but I can say I am using Office 2007 with Windows XP,
and it's working rather well.
There is a learning curve because of the changes, but let's be thankful
that Microsoft does care about accessibility, and it is possible to get
around with keyboard navigation.
It is a change from the previous pull down menus, but not hugely
different once you adjust to it.
In Word:
Alt F still opens the File menu.
Alt H opens the menutab, which is much like the old Edit menu
Alt N opens the Insert menu
Alt P opens the Page Layout menu (lots of stuff here to explore)
Alt S opens the References menu
Alt M opens the Mailings menu
Alt R Opens the Review menu
>From There you can tab through the options. In older versions of Office
you could arrow down the menu, now you will tab through the options.
Note that some of the keyboard commands are still the same.
Alt O, C will still bring you to the columns menu. You can do it through
the new menus with Alt P, J too.
Alt O, F will still bring you to the Font menu
Alt T, S will still put you in the spell checker.
If you are struggling with learning the ropes in Office 2007, here's what
I suggest:
1. Go out and shovel snow for a half hour (we can do that today in Iowa)
2. Now that you've blown off steam, spend some time exploring the menus.
Use Alt H to open the Home menu, then tab through the options
there to see what each one is.
Then go to the next menu and tab through he options there.
3. Make yourself a "cheat sheet"
For each option there is a key command combination that will get
you there quicker than going to the menus and tabbing to the option you
want.
I made up my cheat sheet for the commands I usually use. Then, when I
forget the command I can open my cheat sheet and review. Eventually I'll
have the cheat sheet memorized, and you will too.
Blessings,
Tom
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