David, While there is a learning curve to Office 2007, I don't think it is a big one. The tutorial mentioned before is available. But here's what I have done without the tutorial. Give yourself a couple hours when you aren't trying to get a particular job done. Open a document or make a short new one. Then explore. First choose Alt f, for the File menu. Then tab or arrow through the options. Whenever you come across one that you need to know, make a note of it. Keep this list of notes as a separate document. Then choose Alt E, for the Home ribben menue. Tab through the options there, noting on your list, the things you want to remember for future use. As you go through, listen to what JAWS tells you about the key combinations for various commands. This is what you want to take notes on. After you finish with the Home menu, Choose Alt E again, but rather than tab, use the right arrow. This will bring you to the next ribbon menu, which you can explore by tabbing through the options. You can explore each of the ribbon menus this way. You will learn the most common key combinations quickly, and for those that you use less often, your document with all the notes is the first place you will turn. Note also that many of the commands you learned in previous versions of Office will work in 2007. For example, Alt T S, will bring up the spell checker. Alt O F will bring up the font menu Alt O C will bring up the columns menu I'm sure that with a couple hours of exploring, you will feel much more confident. I am not an expert with Office, but feel free to email me with specific questions. Blessings, Tom
> Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:22:20 -0500 > From: "David Thomas" <davidw...@gmail.com> > Subject: [JAWS-Users] question about microsoft office 2007 > To: <JAWS-Users-List@jaws-users.com> > Message-ID: <c2afc220202349189cc3873b1e313...@davidpc> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > How do you cope with the ribbons and can you give me the basics of > the ribbon > ____________________________________________________________ Click to get your online credit check report & score. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTIjD3kH6GgI6Hx36GFEmIIN1Ayr5iIUvRx675DGhU4WUiBFcrfdbK/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/