Hi, I share your joy, indeed i do. I know that before the Office suite becomes accessible on the Mac, it’s not even regarded as a viable option for people at work here in Sweden. The only thing i can do right now, as i don’t have a skype credit or subscription and can’t afford it right now, is to pray they leave this accessible document window as is or try improving it further. So is it safe now do you think to let files with extensions .doc and .dox be opened with word? /Krister
> 15 apr 2015 kl. 20:44 skrev Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]>: > > Guys, holy sweet Jesus this is awesome! I can confirm beyond a doubt that > the original poster who said that Office and Word now works in the document > preview is *not!* a liar! I never thought he was, but I was indeed slightly > sceptical. I'm very! very! happy to say this time, it isn't a hoax! I just > tried it over here after running the software udpater, and let me tell you > all what! Oh! my? god! I was able to navigate both the menu bar, and the > ribbon both perfectly, and also was able to read and edit a word document as > well. I even! managed to add some formatting, and do a vo+T to read font and > formatting style. Even? that! worked flawlessly! Guys? if you haven't > already done so? As much as we all bitched at Microsoft to get this working, > they've? done it! We so! so! need to call their accessibility helpdesk, I > don't care if you're a Microsoft hater or not. I can't say I'm the most fond > of them myself, however, this is exceptional! I know we had to beat 'em over > the head, but that's not the point. The point is, they finally did it, and > for that reason alone, we need to let them know how much we appreciate it, so > that they don't lag on things going forward. This could be a wonderful! > wonderful! step moving forward. I really mean it guys! > > Let's all call them, and thank them profusely! for there efforts. I wouldn't > let them off the hook about them not listenning in the past, but don't rub > that in their face. Let's move forward. It sounds to me like maybe? they're > finally getting the hint. This gby far is the best update I ever! have yet > seen them do. The guy I spoke with today at the accessibility desk was > tickled to death to hear such great news, and said he'd pass on the good news > to the devs. I told him, what ever! they do, do? not! touch that document > preview window in Word. They have it working flawlessly now. Don't! break > it! He told me he promised me he would put that plee request in the note to > them. > > If you all call them, I'd be very very curious what they say to you, if you > don't mind sharing. > > Anyway, they are opened at this department 24/7, and out of all the times > that I have called them, never even once! have I gotten a foreigner who > couldn't hobble english. > > Suffice it to say, I'm jumping for joy! Pages is great, don't get me wrong, > please please don't, but the fact that now Office is becoming accessible too? > You can't begin! to know the doors this can, and probably will! open. > > Chris. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
