Only if you are not totally comfortable with how to find the various Word features and options. This became more cumbersome for me when the ribbons replaced menus in Word, although I am by now comfortable with both types.
Tim Ford -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of wayne smith Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 11:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Boy, Jarte is a great accessible word processor! If you already have MS Office is there any reason to use Jart? Wayne -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Whitehead Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 1:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Boy, Jarte is a great accessible word processor! Hello; Not sure if you folks no, but, there's a new version of jarte, Jarte 6.1 Installation File http://www.jarte.com/downloads/jarte_61_setup.exe Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maria Campbell Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 2:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Boy, Jarte is a great accessible word processor! Yes I did. The only problem now is that upon opening Jart it says program not responding but it does right away. There must be a delay of some kind. [email protected] Faithfulness does not begin with large tasks-if it is not present in small things, it does not exist at all. On 5/26/2017 2:22 PM, Russ Breitenstein wrote: > Press F7. Also, did you get the menu strip to appear? > Take care, > Russ > > > > > -----Original Message----- From: LeDon > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 10:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Boy, Jarte is a great accessible word > processor! > > Rus, how do you spell check? > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Russ Breitenstein > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 9:10 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Boy, Jarte is a great accessible word > processor! > > When I installed Jart only the File menu worked. Press Alt-V and the > View menu will appear. Arrow-down and check Main Menu. This will make > the menu accessible with the Alt key. > > Hope this helps, > Russ > > -----Original Message----- > From: LeDon > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 8:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Boy, Jarte is a great accessible word > processor! > > How do you work the spell check? And How do I learn about the alt key > menus? > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Tim Ford > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 11:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Boy, Jarte is a great accessible word > processor! > > Thanks Gerald for the information. I found that all the items we > would typically want, including spellcheck, are also on those nice > regular alt key menus. There is also a very cool clipboard memory > buffer under the Tools menu. I highly recommend going through all the > available menu items, there are great features there. > > Tim Ford > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Gerald Levy > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 9:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Boy, Jarte is a great accessible word > processor! > > > Jarte uses the same classic menu structure as Wordpad, upon which it > is based. You just press the Alt key to launch the menus, just as you > would with any other program. To invoke the spell checker, just press F7. > > Gerald > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LeDon > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 10:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Boy, Jarte is a great accessible word > processor! > > Tim you got me excited about using the Jart word processor. But How do > I get to the menus? How do I do spell check. Your help will be much > appreciated. > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Tim Ford > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 1:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Boy, Jarte is a great accessible word processor! > > Hi Andy, > > I owe you a great and hardy "Thank you" for telling us about Jarte! > It is > just what I always wanted, a nice easy word processor that is fully > compatible with JAWS. It was easy to download and install. Folks > will find it to have a very familiar feel, and it is easy to explore > the menus and find all the features, everything I want, a few nice > extras, but not as much of the wild stuff the Microsoft Word program > has. It also has a nice regular old menu system. > > So for those who did not notice his post, please consider Jarte. I can > already tell that I will use it a lot, perhaps as my default word > processor. > It is certainly the solution for those who have only WordPad. > > A post-installation note. When you first launch the program for the > purpose of real work, watch for the following. When you first go to > open your file list, the old familiar control + o key, you need to set > the file type. By default, it is set to RTF only, meaning that when > you tab to the file list, you will see only the folders, and only > those files that are in RTF format. > > > Instead, tab to the file type field, and Arrow down to the format you > want to see in the file list, or arrow down to the bottom, about 5 > times, to the all-format view. Whatever format option you choose, > just press enter. > Then, just do the shift tab a couple of times and there is the list of > all folders, and depending upon your file type selection discussed > above, your list of files. If you do not do this step, you will see > only the list of folders, if any, and only RTF files, if any, in the > folder. I assume there is a way to set the default file type, but I > have not learned that much yet, and for beginners of Jarte, it is > probably best to just check the file type box each time, or you will > be greatly confused wondering where your files and folders are! > > > I put in below the link to the Jarte web page that contains the > description of features. On that same page is also the download link. > The installation file you download is small, less than 4 mb. > Installation was completely perfect and easy, both for accessibility > and for clarity. > > The link is below, just past my name. Thanks again Andy! > > Tim Ford > http://www.jarte.com/features.html > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Andy Baracco > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 8:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] What program should be used to read a .doc > document? Try WordPad. > > I agree, and that's why I have Jarte. > > Andy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Audiobookfan" <[email protected] > To: <[email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 8:37 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] What program should be used to read a .doc > document? Try WordPad. > > > Thanks, Dave, but I already know this. However, I don't have any > version of Word and I don't intend to purchase it just to be able to > read files from people who refuse to publish documents in more > universally accessible formats. > ... > [remainder of old thread deleted] > > Jeff > > > 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/ > > > 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/
