That's exactly what one can do in office 2013, as well... -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Whitehead Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 9:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Some Office 2016 Configuration Questions
Opening Word 2016 (part of the Microsoft Office productivity suite) will show you the startup animation. Then, you are presented with a bunch of templates to start with. This can be handy, if you are looking for a good foundation to start a document with. But this behaviour can also be annoying. Personally, I mostly start a blank document. So in summary: if I open Word 2016, I almost always want a new blank document to open by default. Currently, this takes me an extra click. To make Word open a new document by default instead of the Start Screen, you should change a toggle in the settings menu. Here are the steps: 1. Open Word 2016 2. Go to File > Options 3. In the General tab, uncheck Show the Start screen when this application starts The keystroke would be, Alt+f=file, T=options, Yu will land on general, Just tab to the setting, Show the Start screen when this application starts And uncheck the box and then tab ok press enter. The next time you open Microsoft Office Word on your computer, you will be presented with a new document instead of that start screen that you actually never use. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Behler Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 11:59 AM To: Jaws users list Subject: [JAWS-Users] Some Office 2016 Configuration Questions Hello, everyone. As some of you may recall, I'm configuring a newly-acquired Windows 7 laptop for Office 365, using Jaws 16. Things are going relatively well, but I have a few questions: 1. How can I configure Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel so that I come up either to a blank document or a blank spreadsheet workbook file when first opening the programs? Currently, when I open either program, I land in some sort of back-stage view which gives me a list of options, including the option to view my most recently-accessed documents. I find this latter feature distracting, and, although I can get out of it by simply hitting the escape key, I would like to eliminate the back-stage view altogether. 2. How can I configure Outlook to be less verbose when accessing message list views in my various Outlook folders? Currently, I'm given way too much information in the list views for efficient list view navigation. 3. Regarding Outlook 2016, if anyone has some suggestions for optimizing navigation with Jaws, I'd appreciate those suggestions as well. Thank you! Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan 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/
