Hi David, In the off chance Anne’s suggestion doesn’t produce the desired results, you might consider trying the sledgehammer approach AKA install MS Office for Mac. While MS Office 2011 for Mac does not provide the ability to view or edit Word documents, the menu bar and printing functions in Office 2011 Mac are VO accessible, and, interestingly, the print preview thumbnails displayed within the print dialog box are also somewhat VO accessible. For complex DOC or DOCX files, it might be a workable solution if cross-platform maintenance of formatting is critical and if printing, rather than reviewing or editing, is the goal.
I’ve found I can open a Word document in Word 2011, press Command+P to open the Print dialog box, and access all available print options by using standard VO navigation keys to move through the print dialog. VO will also read the page currently displayed in the print preview thumbnail, and I can even interact with that thumbnail and navigate through it. Make sure the “Copies & Pages” item is selected in the popup menu, and make sure the checkbox labeled “Show Quick Preview” is ticked. Here in the US, MS offers a trial download with a number of setup options as listed below. I’m guessing similar options are available outside of the US. A web search for mac office 2011 trial download turns up several official Microsoft sites hosting the download links. The install process is fully VO accessible. Upon first launch of any of the Office apps the User is presented with VO-accessible dialogs, one of which ass how you would like to run Office. The options go something like this: 1. Insert a license key. 2. Sign into an existing Office 365 subscription. 3. Run as fully functioning 30 day demo. 4. Run permanently as a document viewer without editing capabilities. HTH, Bryan On Nov 17, 2013, at 9:30 AM, David Griffith <d.griff...@btinternet.com> wrote: OK thanks I will try with Pages. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net 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/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/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/>
