Hi Reveca, I use Office 2016 on all of my computers. Ultimately Microsoft is making a lot of accessibility improvements and even step-by-step tutorials on how to accomplish specific tasks by using a screen reader that are based in Office 2016 programs running together with JAWS or the Windows 10 Narrator. Besides accessibility, it only makes sense to upgrade to Office 2016 if you often work with files stored in cloud services like OneDrive and/or need to edit or copy data from PDF files to Word documents and, although it is less common from witting Word, if you use Word to read books, because Office 2013 introduced the capability to resume reading from where you left. I personally found upgrading useful, because the support for saving files to OneDrive from witting Office programs and have recently used documents synchronized is drastically enhanced over the limited and unstable support available for this in Office 2010. If you use Outlook as your e-mail client, it is easier to attach recently used files of any type without having to search in the folder structure, since Outlook 2016 by defaults shows a list of the last files used, which in Windows 10 is consistent with the Quick Access folder in File Explorer.
Of course there are more specific things you may find useful or not depending on programs you use and the purposes you use these for, but I think the ones I mentioned are the most notable additions regarding daily use for a home user. Not that we're speaking about Office 2016, how well does the new Word feature that provides writing suggestions besides traditional spelling and grammar that was introduced some time ago in Office 365 works? It is not available for Spanish yet and I'm not a native English speaker, so I can't accurately judge suggestions quality myself. Hope it helps! -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rebecca Lineberger Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 7:08 PM To: jaws user's list <[email protected]> Subject: [JAWS-Users] Office 2010 vs. 2016 vs. 365 I'm running Windows 10, Fall Creator update, 1709. But I'm still using Office 2010. I hesitate to update since on the list at least, and probably naturally enough, I see more problems than benefits. I've been reading a bit about 2016 and 365 from books on each downloaded from Bookshare. Does anyone have any thoughts about either? It seems these days that screen readers are always playing catch-up as Microsoft constantly introduces changes. Since my computer is behaving and I don't need a new one, the upgrade to a later version of Office would be a choice and not a necessity. Just wondering about others' experiences. Thoughts would be appreciated. Rebecca "The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better" From: Center for Action and Contemplation For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ --- El software de antivirus Avast ha analizado este correo electrónico en busca de virus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
