Re: OpenOffice: Should I try it?

2013-01-23 Thread Sarah k Alawami
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

Re: OpenOffice: Should I try it?

2013-01-23 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
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

Re: [Bulk] OpenOffice: Should I try it?

2013-01-13 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
n Standard Time except weekends and holidays. - Original Message - From: "David Griffith" To: "'Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility'" Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 3:17 PM Subject: RE: [Bulk] OpenOffice: Should I try it? Open Office is only accessible under Snow

Re: [Bulk] OpenOffice: Should I try it?

2013-01-13 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
38 > To: mac-access@mac-access.net > Subject: [Bulk] OpenOffice: Should I try it? > > 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 leav

RE: [Bulk] OpenOffice: Should I try it?

2013-01-13 Thread David Griffith
Subject: [Bulk] OpenOffice: Should I try it? 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 i

Re: OpenOffice: Should I try it?

2013-01-13 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
quot;Sarah Alawami" To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 1:50 PM Subject: Re: OpenOffice: Should I try it? I have not tried it in over two years. The last time I did, the preferences dialog would crash the program. It also I believe treats every line

Re: OpenOffice: Should I try it?

2013-01-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
I have not tried it in over two years. The last time I did, the preferences dialog would crash the program. It also I believe treats every line as if it were paragraph, but I can't remember. Or maybe it's it treats of paragraph as a separate item, making editing doable, but a bit awkward. It's d

OpenOffice: Should I try it?

2013-01-13 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
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