Well, maybe another reason for folks who can, to upgrade to the Windows 10 level. (I appreciate that those of us in an office may be stuck with Windows 7 for some time.
I resisted, but was recently forced into Windows 10 when I lost my Windows 7 laptop. I made significant use of the folks at the Microsoft Accessibility help office, and am now at least functional with the aspects of Windows a typical user like me would need to know. I still have my moments, but I eventually figure it out; yesterday for the first time ever I had that experience with the Windows wireless system settings. It was actually very cool, and had lots of options on what your computer will do when encountering a given wireless site. It also adds something Windows 7 lacked, an accessible signal strength meter, and a quick way to know if the wireless host is public or requires a password. So in closing, I suggest making the upgrade now. The free Microsoft assistance has generally been good in my individual cases, they can do a lot with remote access, and are generally more persistent than I would expect. Several times, I was ready to give up, but the Microsoft technician persevered and figured out the solution. Tim Ford -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andy Baracco Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 11:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] What program should be used to read a .doc document? Try WordPad. In Win 7 Wordpad will not open any MS Word documents. Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Ford" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 10:43 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] What program should be used to read a .doc document? Try WordPad. > Hi All, > > Another option might be WordPad. At least with Windows 10, WordPad will > open even a .docx file, allow you to edit it, and save it back in the > original doc or docx format. Just do the usual save command, control s is > the shortcut, and follow the prompts to either over-right the original > file, > or save it under a different name. If you over-right the original file, > you > will lose some functions that are in the full version of Word, but you > will > not lose text or even most of the format, fonts, etc. > > I do not know how much of that works in Windows 7 WordPad, but I know for > sure it does with Windows 10; I just tried it. > > Tim Ford > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Andy Baracco > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 10:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] What program should be used to read a .doc > document? > > Jarte will open .DOC files, and also .DOCX files if you have the > compatibility pack from Microsoft. > > Andy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike B." <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 1:20 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] What program should be used to read a .doc > document? > > >> Hi Jo, >> >> You need MS Word to open this file. The file extension, .doc, is the >> old file extension for MS Word prior to Word 2007, & possibly 2003, >> but I'm not sure about 2003. If you have a newer version of Word >> installed, you will also need to have the, Compatibility Pack, >> installed. This program allows newer versions of Office to open, >> read, & edit older files from older Office versions. >> >> If you need to know how to assign a program to open this file, now >> this is a totally different set of steps. First we need to know if >> you have Office installed, & possibly what operating system you're >> running depending on your needs. >> Take care, Mike. >> Sennt from my iBarstool. Go Dodgers! >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Jo Luland >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 10:31 AM >> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] What program should be used to read a .doc >> document? >> >> >> Hi All, >> I received a .doc document, but I can't read it. I'm informed that I >> need to create something in the control panel. As you can all see, I'm >> not familiar with this. I've been using JAWS for many years, but have >> never come across this situation. I know that many of you out there >> will know what the heck I'm talking about and will be able to help me. >> Thanks for any suggestions you may have. >> Jo >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
