And that is the nice thing about the virtual ribbons, they do exactly that Al
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Rivard Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 6:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Ribbons Navigation The problem is that you can tab or arrow into a subRibbon, if you could call it that, and the opposite keystroke such as a shift leftarrow or shift tab does not bring you back to where you were when you used the keystroke that got you into that subRibbon. If I go too far north along a sidewalk, I expect to be able to accurately retrace my steps to get back to where I made the error in judgment. --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Flor Lynch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 4:35 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Ribbons Navigation > Mike, > > I'll try this in general brief but rough summary, dealing with the > idea of it. You're familiar with tab controls? The different pages > (ctrl+tab) you get in multi-page dialog boxes? Well, ribbons are much the same as them. > You can also right- or left-arrow between each of them. Now you have > lower ribbons, or sub-ribbons, which will be accessed through their > parent ribbons - often down-arrow from such if there's a sub-or > lower-ribbon present on an option. The JAWS Virtual Ribbons are not > the real Ribbons, and indeed, in some cases they rearrange many things > in the structure and leave other things out. Another way to regard > them is as if they were toobars activated with buttons. (You may > recall Excel had plenty of > those.) > > Now the good news is that there are many, many hot keys associated > with the items in the Ribbons, that can be activated. However, it does > take longer to accomplish a task i.e., more keystrokes, that formerly > used to be a quite simple structural through the menu approach. Things > are now more layered than they were, i.e. more vertical rather than linear. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike B." <[email protected]> > To: "Jaws-Users List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 9:09 PM > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Ribbons Navigation > > >> Hi All, >> >> I'll get right to the point. The ribbons in Office 07 & up frustrate >> the hell out of me! I've been searching for a good tutorial that >> explains the ribbons, i.e, both upper & lower, & navigating the with >> without using the Jaws Virtual Ribbons option & I'm not having any >> luck. I just can't get the hang or get my head wrapped around on >> how to navigate ribbons & I guess it's high time I start living in >> the new world of Office! I would really like a tutorial that really >> breaks the ribbons & navigating them down in simple, easy to >> understand steps. I need something really simple because I'm >> certainly a knucklehead when it comes to this ribbons crap! LOL, >> hahaha hahaha hahaha, LOL >> >> So folks, any help will be graciously accepted & greatly appreciated. >> Thanks much. >> Take care. >> Mike >> This email was sent from my, iBarstool. >> 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/
