No things have not improved. In fact accordion g to what I hear they have just gotten worse and talking to the devs results in, we can't do that because of java this and java that. Ah well. Looks like I have to learn pages if I'm going to continue to use running headers that for the first one is 2 lines down and on subsequent pages is on the top margin. I wish open office would have helped me do that but alas it does not.
Take care. On Jan 23, 2013, at 12:28 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Chris > > > My apologies; we are both way way behind on mail at the moment owing to lots > and lots of work for both. Anyway, as I understand it, OpenOffice is still > not accessible, or at least not fully so. The way paragraphs are concerned, > for instance, they are read and handled very strangely with VoiceOver I am > told. We actually tried it I think it was either last year or late 2011 and > ended up reinstalling our Mac. It did some strange stuff that we couldn't fix. > > I am sorry to be so negative and I'm very much hoping that there are later > messages in this thread which tell me that I am wrong and things have > improved. > > Lynne > > > On 13 Jan 2013, at 15:38, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I've heard mixed opinions on this. How is the accessibility of Open Office, > opinions not withstanding. I understand that for some people it's just not > their cup of tea, but leaving opinions out, going only on fact, is OpenOffice > worth my time in at least getting and experimenting with? I hear that a lot > of the dialogs in it are quite nonstandard, and though they're somewhat > doable, I hear they're kind of weird until you figure them out and know what > you're doing. I just wanted to see if anyone else has tried it, and what > kind of luck if any you had with it, even if only minimum satisfaction. > > Chris Gilland. > Founder of CLG Productions > http://www.clgproductions.com > E-mail: [email protected] > Phone: 803-760-7136 > Toll-Free: 1-888-405-3185 > Mon-Fri 8A.M-5P.M Eastern Standard Time except weekends and holidays. > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
