I think the iwork suite will open Microsoft Office documents, but not
sure if all features are retained. Office will never be accessible on
the Mac unless Microsoft makes some changes, and uses the accessibility
interfaces Apple has provided. Many people blame Voiceover because
Microsoft Office doesn't work, but really it's the developer's fault.
Apple has clearly documented what is needed to make applications
accessible, but it's a developer's fault if they don't use it.
Original message:
And the one problem I see with the Mac being adopted at more work
places is, that so many people/worksites still use Microsoft office,
which Microsoft has continued to keep inaccessible.
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On Mar 22, 2013, at 11:07 AM, "Phil Halton" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
from what I understand, open office is completely inaccessible.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Kchao"
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Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 9:42 AM
Subject: Best office/productivity suite
Hi all,
I'm a relatively recent full-time Mac adopter (< 1 year), though I've
had experiences with earlier iterations of OSX. I'm curious as to what
office/productivity suites you all find to be the most usable with VO.
The two options that immediately come to mind are Apple's iWork and OpenOffice.
Currently I mainly do word processing using Pages, and from what I'm
gathering, it's not so much inaccessible as it is convoluted. There
seems to be somewhat of a learning curve, and the procedures for doing
certain tasks aren't necessarily obvious. For example, the handling of
tables in Word docs.
I mainly purchased iWork due to completely forgetting about OpenOffice,
and I haven't looked back. Is something like OpenOffice worth
exploring? Does it provide more in the way of accessibility or ease of use?
There are likely a ton of other application suites beyond the ones I
mentioned,, thus feel free to provide me with alternatives if you
believe they work better.
Thanks in advance
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