Hi Gene & Jhon, I'm sending this message using Jaws 16, & sure hope I don't get blasted by the moderators!
Here's a website for Office products. These people are a good group to do business with: Softwareau http://www.softwareau.com Checkout their prices, they're great. Take Care. Mike Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Gene Warner To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2016 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] OFFICE 2010 WILL LOSE MICROSOFT SUPPORT Before my vision loss forced me to leave my last job, I got Office 2007 for something like $10 as part of Microsoft's Home Use program. If I am forced to abandon 2007, I'll look at Open Office. My needs now don't include paying $200 or more for Office. For Security Essentials, I have the original installer. I suspect Windows update will still continue to update it if it sees it installed. That should hold me over until I can find an accessible anti virus. Avast was my favorite until I discovered what an accessibility nightmare it is. Cheers! On 12/10/2016 9:42 PM, wayne smith wrote: > That seems very strange since I am still using Office 2007 on one machine > with no issues. I will check with MS next week. Since they still support > Windows 2007 for about 4 more years it is hard to figure. > > Wayne > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of john_Justice > Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2016 8:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [JAWS-Users] OFFICE 2010 WILL LOSE MICROSOFT SUPPORT > > I have just learned, from Microsoft Disability Support, that Office 2010 > will no longer be supported as of early 2017. I was receiving constant > automated notices on my systems which use this software. Apparently, > those > messages were generated because of this development. That's going to > cause > some headaches for many people including state run agencies here in > Pennsylvania. Here at home, I use Office 2010 Home and Business. A new > 2016version runs about $229 plus tax. I'm not sure if that's a sale price > since Microsoft is now offering a twelve day special sale. With tax in my > state, the total is about $246. > > > > Now here's the problem. Microsoft wants you to have an active Microsoft > account. Downloading the software is, admittedly, much easier with an > account but it's difficult to work with a download without it. You can > always go out and buy the hard copy on disk. That is still an option. I > am > not sure what the price would be in a retail store. Usually, the > Microsoft > Store's prices are a bit more reasonable. > > > > But what does this mean to the average Office 2010 user? Personally, I > have > never called Microsoft directly for support on my Office 2010. I have > received help from the Disability Desk of course. Under normal > circumstances, this would not be a problem. But knowing computers as we > all > do, there might come a time when an issue is encountered which cannot be > corrected normally. It is then that support becomes essential. > Fortunately, that is rare for most of us. Are they trying to force > purchases of their newer software? Probably. The decision to act is up to > each of us as individuals. There are some definite differences between > 2010 > and 2016. I'm at the very beginning. However, one of them does concern > me. > I use Outlook as my e-mail client. Apparently, some e-mail providers are > using different security protocols which may not be supported by older > e-mail software. In addition, Microsoft Live essentials will no longer be > supported as of January, 2017. Microsoft is saying that Live Mail will > still work if it is already installed on your system. But it will no > longer > be available for download. The accompanying antivirus software was, in my > opinion, never that good to begin with. But it too will no longer be > available. That development is confirmed by an article posted by David > Goldfield, somewhat of a technical guru in Philadelphia. . Maybe someone > on > this list has an antivirus program which is still accessible with jaws. I > am using Avast but it has its problems. It is usable but only just. > > > > I wanted to let everyone on the list know about these developments. Not > everyone can afford the kind of investment purchasing Office 2016 > represents. > > > > JOHN AND LINDA JUSTICE > > With guide dogs Edwin and calypso > > PERSONAL E-MAIL: [email protected] > > > > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > 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/
