Re: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute
Where do you find user documentation for, Liver office? Does the word processor have a good spell check? From: David Moore Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 5:24 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute Hi Tom,, I use Libre Office, and it works good with JAWS. It has Word, Excel, and most programs that correspond to MS Office. I have tried Open Office, but it was not nearly as accessible with JAWS as Libre Office is. Take care. David Moore -Original Message- From: Tom Clary Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 5:31 PM To: jaws-users-list Subject: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute my laptop doesn't have ms office on it, and need a ms office type program on it, that works with jaws 17. anyone have any suggestions? 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute
So, where do you find the key strokes for open office. Does it have a good spell check along with it? Where can I find a user manual? From: Scorpio Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 9:15 PM To: jaws-users-list Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute You can use Open Office, which is an open source project and is free to use and completely accessible. Scorpio -Original Message- From: Tom Clary Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 5:31 PM To: jaws-users-list Subject: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute my laptop doesn't have ms office on it, and need a ms office type program on it, that works with jaws 17. anyone have any suggestions? 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] MS office substitute
here here -Original Message- From: Adrian Spratt Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 9:54 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] MS office substitute Kurt, What a terrific post. It's frustrating when people blandly post that a complex program is completely accessible because accessibility is rarely complete. Your careful qualifications will help people decide whether to take the time to try out Libre Office if they're in the market for a Windows Office substitute. It's really appreciated. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of kurt miller Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 7:08 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute Tom, For those who aren't familiar with this product, LibreOffice is a free, open source Office suite, similar in capabilities to the well-known Microsoft Office. Its word processor is similar to Word in many respects but is referred to as Writer, their Excel-like spreadsheet is called Calc and it contains other programs as well. It may be appealing to some for several reasons. First, it's absolutely free; no licensing, no registration or activation required. It can open and save in Microsoft's formats, meaning that it can open Word files or save spreadsheets in Excel's own format. It also uses the traditional menu bar like Office 2003: no ribbons. To be honest, when it comes to accessibility it's adequate and usable but it doesn't provide the stellar performance we're used to with Microsoft's Office products. It performs quite well with NVDA and, as of several versions ago, usable with JAWS. It never worked with Window-Eyes, crashing every time Window-Eyes was running although I haven't tested it with the newest LibreOffice and Window-eyes 9.5. PCWorld has a brief review of LibreOffice 5.2 at http://www.pcworld.com/article/3102849/software-productivity/libreoffice-52- includes-classified-documents-and-a-streamlined-interface.html You can read more about LibreOffice and download it at www.LibreOffice.org HTh, Kurt -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Tom Clary Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 5:31 PM To: jaws-users-list Subject: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute my laptop doesn't have ms office on it, and need a ms office type program on it, that works with jaws 17. anyone have any suggestions? 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] MS office substitute
Adrian, I can't take credit for this, David Goldfield was where I got the info from. I am just glad I could pass it along to help anyone. Thanks anyway, Kurt Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 13, 2016, at 10:54 PM, Adrian Spratt <adr...@adrianspratt.com> wrote: > > Kurt, > > What a terrific post. It's frustrating when people blandly post that a > complex program is completely accessible because accessibility is rarely > complete. Your careful qualifications will help people decide whether to take > the time to try out Libre Office if they're in the market for a Windows > Office substitute. It's really appreciated. > > -Original Message- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On > Behalf Of kurt miller > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 7:08 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute > > Tom, > > For those who aren't familiar with this product, LibreOffice is a free, open > source Office suite, similar in capabilities to the well-known Microsoft > Office. Its word processor is similar to Word in many respects but is > referred to as Writer, their Excel-like spreadsheet is called Calc and it > contains other programs as well. It may be appealing to some for several > reasons. First, it's absolutely free; no licensing, no registration or > activation required. It can open and save in Microsoft's formats, meaning > that it can open Word files or save spreadsheets in Excel's own format. It > also uses the traditional menu bar like Office > 2003: no ribbons. > > To be honest, when it comes to accessibility it's adequate and usable but it > doesn't provide the stellar performance we're used to with Microsoft's Office > products. It performs quite well with NVDA and, as of several versions ago, > usable with JAWS. It never worked with Window-Eyes, crashing every time > Window-Eyes was running although I haven't tested it with the newest > LibreOffice and Window-eyes 9.5. > > PCWorld has a brief review of LibreOffice 5.2 at > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/3102849/software-productivity/libreoffice-52- > includes-classified-documents-and-a-streamlined-interface.html > > You can read more about LibreOffice and download it at > > www.LibreOffice.org > > HTh, > Kurt > > > > -Original Message- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On > Behalf Of Tom Clary > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 5:31 PM > To: jaws-users-list > Subject: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute > > my laptop doesn't have ms office on it, and need a ms office type program on > it, that works with jaws 17. anyone have any suggestions? > > 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] MS office substitute
Kurt, What a terrific post. It's frustrating when people blandly post that a complex program is completely accessible because accessibility is rarely complete. Your careful qualifications will help people decide whether to take the time to try out Libre Office if they're in the market for a Windows Office substitute. It's really appreciated. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of kurt miller Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 7:08 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute Tom, For those who aren't familiar with this product, LibreOffice is a free, open source Office suite, similar in capabilities to the well-known Microsoft Office. Its word processor is similar to Word in many respects but is referred to as Writer, their Excel-like spreadsheet is called Calc and it contains other programs as well. It may be appealing to some for several reasons. First, it's absolutely free; no licensing, no registration or activation required. It can open and save in Microsoft's formats, meaning that it can open Word files or save spreadsheets in Excel's own format. It also uses the traditional menu bar like Office 2003: no ribbons. To be honest, when it comes to accessibility it's adequate and usable but it doesn't provide the stellar performance we're used to with Microsoft's Office products. It performs quite well with NVDA and, as of several versions ago, usable with JAWS. It never worked with Window-Eyes, crashing every time Window-Eyes was running although I haven't tested it with the newest LibreOffice and Window-eyes 9.5. PCWorld has a brief review of LibreOffice 5.2 at http://www.pcworld.com/article/3102849/software-productivity/libreoffice-52- includes-classified-documents-and-a-streamlined-interface.html You can read more about LibreOffice and download it at www.LibreOffice.org HTh, Kurt -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Tom Clary Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 5:31 PM To: jaws-users-list Subject: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute my laptop doesn't have ms office on it, and need a ms office type program on it, that works with jaws 17. anyone have any suggestions? 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute
Hi David, The last time I used Open Office it was completely accessible. How long has it been since you've used it? Scorpio -Original Message- From: David Moore Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 6:22 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute Hi Tom,, I use Libre Office, and it works good with JAWS. It has Word, Excel, and most programs that correspond to MS Office. I have tried Open Office, but it was not nearly as accessible with JAWS as Libre Office is. Take care. David Moore -Original Message- From: Tom Clary Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 5:31 PM To: jaws-users-list Subject: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute my laptop doesn't have ms office on it, and need a ms office type program on it, that works with jaws 17. anyone have any suggestions? 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute
You can use Open Office, which is an open source project and is free to use and completely accessible. Scorpio -Original Message- From: Tom Clary Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 5:31 PM To: jaws-users-list Subject: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute my laptop doesn't have ms office on it, and need a ms office type program on it, that works with jaws 17. anyone have any suggestions? 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute
thanks again -Original Message- From: kurt miller Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 6:08 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute Tom, For those who aren't familiar with this product, LibreOffice is a free, open source Office suite, similar in capabilities to the well-known Microsoft Office. Its word processor is similar to Word in many respects but is referred to as Writer, their Excel-like spreadsheet is called Calc and it contains other programs as well. It may be appealing to some for several reasons. First, it's absolutely free; no licensing, no registration or activation required. It can open and save in Microsoft's formats, meaning that it can open Word files or save spreadsheets in Excel's own format. It also uses the traditional menu bar like Office 2003: no ribbons. To be honest, when it comes to accessibility it's adequate and usable but it doesn't provide the stellar performance we're used to with Microsoft's Office products. It performs quite well with NVDA and, as of several versions ago, usable with JAWS. It never worked with Window-Eyes, crashing every time Window-Eyes was running although I haven't tested it with the newest LibreOffice and Window-eyes 9.5. PCWorld has a brief review of LibreOffice 5.2 at http://www.pcworld.com/article/3102849/software-productivity/libreoffice-52- includes-classified-documents-and-a-streamlined-interface.html You can read more about LibreOffice and download it at www.LibreOffice.org HTh, Kurt -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Tom Clary Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 5:31 PM To: jaws-users-list Subject: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute my laptop doesn't have ms office on it, and need a ms office type program on it, that works with jaws 17. anyone have any suggestions? 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute
thank you, I'll check it out -Original Message- From: David Moore Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 5:22 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute Hi Tom,, I use Libre Office, and it works good with JAWS. It has Word, Excel, and most programs that correspond to MS Office. I have tried Open Office, but it was not nearly as accessible with JAWS as Libre Office is. Take care. David Moore -Original Message- From: Tom Clary Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 5:31 PM To: jaws-users-list Subject: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute my laptop doesn't have ms office on it, and need a ms office type program on it, that works with jaws 17. anyone have any suggestions? 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute
with libreoffice can you view graphs or charts in spreadsheets, and does the virtual pc cursor work like it does in ms word? On 8/13/2016 6:22 PM, David Moore wrote: Hi Tom,, I use Libre Office, and it works good with JAWS. It has Word, Excel, and most programs that correspond to MS Office. I have tried Open Office, but it was not nearly as accessible with JAWS as Libre Office is. Take care. David Moore -Original Message- From: Tom Clary Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 5:31 PM To: jaws-users-list Subject: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute my laptop doesn't have ms office on it, and need a ms office type program on it, that works with jaws 17. anyone have any suggestions? 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/ -- mozilla thunderbird email client For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute
Tom, For those who aren't familiar with this product, LibreOffice is a free, open source Office suite, similar in capabilities to the well-known Microsoft Office. Its word processor is similar to Word in many respects but is referred to as Writer, their Excel-like spreadsheet is called Calc and it contains other programs as well. It may be appealing to some for several reasons. First, it's absolutely free; no licensing, no registration or activation required. It can open and save in Microsoft's formats, meaning that it can open Word files or save spreadsheets in Excel's own format. It also uses the traditional menu bar like Office 2003: no ribbons. To be honest, when it comes to accessibility it's adequate and usable but it doesn't provide the stellar performance we're used to with Microsoft's Office products. It performs quite well with NVDA and, as of several versions ago, usable with JAWS. It never worked with Window-Eyes, crashing every time Window-Eyes was running although I haven't tested it with the newest LibreOffice and Window-eyes 9.5. PCWorld has a brief review of LibreOffice 5.2 at http://www.pcworld.com/article/3102849/software-productivity/libreoffice-52- includes-classified-documents-and-a-streamlined-interface.html You can read more about LibreOffice and download it at www.LibreOffice.org HTh, Kurt -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Tom Clary Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 5:31 PM To: jaws-users-list Subject: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute my laptop doesn't have ms office on it, and need a ms office type program on it, that works with jaws 17. anyone have any suggestions? 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute
Hi Tom,, I use Libre Office, and it works good with JAWS. It has Word, Excel, and most programs that correspond to MS Office. I have tried Open Office, but it was not nearly as accessible with JAWS as Libre Office is. Take care. David Moore -Original Message- From: Tom Clary Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 5:31 PM To: jaws-users-list Subject: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute my laptop doesn't have ms office on it, and need a ms office type program on it, that works with jaws 17. anyone have any suggestions? 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/
[JAWS-Users] ms office substitute
my laptop doesn't have ms office on it, and need a ms office type program on it, that works with jaws 17. anyone have any suggestions? For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
