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-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Spratt
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 9:54 PM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] MS office substitute
Kurt,
What a terrific post. It's frustrating when people blandly post that a
complex program is completely accessible because accessibility is rarely
complete. Your careful qualifications will help people decide whether to
take the time to try out Libre Office if they're in the market for a Windows
Office substitute. It's really appreciated.
-----Original Message-----
From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On
Behalf Of kurt miller
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 7:08 PM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute
Tom,
For those who aren't familiar with this product, LibreOffice is a free, open
source Office suite, similar in capabilities to the well-known Microsoft
Office. Its word processor is similar to Word in many respects but is
referred to as Writer, their Excel-like spreadsheet is called Calc and it
contains other programs as well. It may be appealing to some for several
reasons. First, it's absolutely free; no licensing, no registration or
activation required. It can open and save in Microsoft's formats, meaning
that it can open Word files or save spreadsheets in Excel's own format. It
also uses the traditional menu bar like Office
2003: no ribbons.
To be honest, when it comes to accessibility it's adequate and usable but it
doesn't provide the stellar performance we're used to with Microsoft's
Office products. It performs quite well with NVDA and, as of several
versions ago, usable with JAWS. It never worked with Window-Eyes, crashing
every time Window-Eyes was running although I haven't tested it with the
newest LibreOffice and Window-eyes 9.5.
PCWorld has a brief review of LibreOffice 5.2 at
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3102849/software-productivity/libreoffice-52-
includes-classified-documents-and-a-streamlined-interface.html
You can read more about LibreOffice and download it at
www.LibreOffice.org
HTh,
Kurt
-----Original Message-----
From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On
Behalf Of Tom Clary
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 5:31 PM
To: jaws-users-list
Subject: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute
my laptop doesn't have ms office on it, and need a ms office type program
on it, that works with jaws 17. anyone have any suggestions?
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