Hi Maria, I have both Word 2016 and Word 2010 installed on my W-10 computer.
I am not sure about having both word 2013 and word 2016 installed at the
same time, it may be different, not sure. I only have Outlook 2016
installed.






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From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On
Behalf Of Maria Kristic
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 1:03 AM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Questions relating to an upgrade from Office 2010
to Office 2016

1. Yes, absolutely! I have been using Office 2016 since its release with
JAWS 17 and now 18. VFO/FS has done webinars using Office 2016 as well, so
yes, it is officially supported.
2. Yes, there are differences, but I don't think they will be too difficult
to get used to. I upgraded from 2010 to 2013 to 2016, so I cannot be too
specific because I do not remember much about the 2010 layout. Some items in
the ribbon have been rearranged, and there are times when contextual ribbon
tabs will appear once you have entered or selected areas where they are
relevant (i.e., entering a table or chart, in the Instant Search edit field
in Outlook, etc.) Especially for items I don't use frequently, I like to use
the Tell Me feature found throughout Office 2016 to find items rather than
searching through the ribbon (ALT+Q, type what you are looking for, DOWN
ARROW to and select from the search results). Some ribbon shortcuts have
changed. You will find that there are more instances in which activating a
function causes a pane to open rather than a dialog; if it seems like
nothing happened after you activate something, F6/SHIFT+F6 around to see if
a relevant pane has opened. There are new features (new chart types in
Excel, the Resume Reading feature in Word which will return you to your last
place if you activate the Resume Reading button within the few seconds that
it appears upon opening the document, Outlook Attach a File option initially
displays recent files you worked on, tighter integration with online
services, etc.)   
3. I really cannot say for sure on this one because of my upgrade path...I
believe I was asked to uninstall my previous version of Office before
installing the new one...

Good luck!

Regards,
Maria


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From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On
Behalf Of Adrian Spratt
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 5:30 PM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Questions relating to an upgrade from Office 2010 to
Office 2016

Hi. Jim's posts this afternoon have me hankering to upgrade to 2016. I'm
really hoping, though, that the upgrade will eliminate an annoying problem
FS, this list and I have been unable to solve concerning the clipboard
interfering with JAWS in Outlook. So, my questions:

Does anyone know if FS/VFO has announced they officially support Office 2016
now? The recent JAWS 18 upgrade notes suggests they do. I also have a call
into FS about this.

Second, are there big differences between 2010 and 2016, especially in the
ribbon? (I don't use the JAWS virtual ribbon.)

Third, when I upgrade, will my 2010 settings be retained? How about my JAWS
settings for Office?

As you might guess, I'm hoping for the least possible time-consuming
transition.
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