Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Piotr Machacz
Microsoft just updated the office 2015 preview and it now seems to work with VoiceOver quite a bit better. I had a brief play with Word and the document is now readable, and formatting information - spelling errors, font, etc are exposed properly and can be seen. It also announces it

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
, April 15, 2015 11:26 AM Subject: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Microsoft just updated the office 2015 preview and it now seems to work with VoiceOver quite a bit better. I had a brief play with Word and the document is now readable, and formatting information - spelling errors, font

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
gbma...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 12:40 PM Subject: RE: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Ok just remember it might be a lower 16 . number and updates come through the app. thanks -Original Message- From: macvisionaries

RE: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread george b
@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements I found a download, but I'd hate to give you the link just quite yet, as I want to be sure this is the version that was mentioned. It did say preview, but it wasn't totally clear if it was specifically 16.9, so let me install

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread sadam Ahmed
menu? I apologize for my ignorance. Chris. - Original Message - From: george b gbma...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 12:40 PM Subject: RE: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Ok just remember it might be a lower 16 . number

RE: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread george b
Hi, Where can I get the office 16.9 to install? thanks -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Piotr Machacz Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 08:26 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Office 16.9

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
a link, just to make things easier. Chris. - Original Message - From: george b gbma...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 12:28 PM Subject: RE: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Hi, Where can I get the office 16.9 to install? thanks

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
You are! You gotta do like George said. I'm uploading the preview to my public Dropbox for you guys now to make it easier. This way you guys have a direct download link to the .pkg file. But, meanwhile, here is what you need to do. Open up Word. Get yourself into a document, be it a blank

RE: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread george b
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements That's true George. Good point. So, if! it's not the update we're talking about, then how do you update it through the app itself, or would that actually happen through Software Update in the Apple menu? I apologize

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 1:26 PM Subject: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Maybe Microsoft hasn’t updated their main downloads. If that’s the case, you can update inside any of the office apps which is how I got it in the first place. Open Word, Excel or any

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Downloading it now. Hopefully it's reasonably usable. Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- On 16 Apr 2015, at 3:26 am, Piotr Machacz piterm...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe Microsoft hasn’t updated their main downloads. If that’s

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread sadamahmed1992
, 2015 12:40 PM Subject: RE: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Ok just remember it might be a lower 16 . number and updates come through the app. thanks -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Thanks Chris for these instructions. Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- On 16 Apr 2015, at 3:29 am, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: You are! You gotta do like George said. I'm uploading the preview

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 1:35 PM Subject: RE: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Microsoft has a auto update and it will tell you there is one when you open a app with in office 16 -Original Message- From: macvisionaries

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Krister Ekstrom
ignorance. Chris. - Original Message - From: george b gbma...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 12:40 PM Subject: RE: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Ok just remember it might be a lower 16 . number and updates come through the app

RE: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread george b
@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements What’s the link for Office and do you have to have Office365? If so, how do you get it? /Krister 15 apr 2015 kl. 19:28 skrev sadamahmed1...@gmail.com: Downloading it now. Hopefully it's reasonably usable. Kind regards

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Barry Hadder
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 12:40 PM Subject: RE: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Ok just remember it might be a lower 16 . number and updates come through the app. thanks -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread sadamahmed1992
wrote: Naam. Naam. Aiwa! I totally agree. Let's hope that they do! Chris. - Original Message - From: sadamahmed1...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 1:45 PM Subject: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Nice! But let's hope it remains accessible when it goes final! Then we have the most popular Office suite also accessible on this platform! On 15/04/2015 16:26, Piotr Machacz wrote: Microsoft just updated the office 2015 preview and it now seems to work with VoiceOver quite a bit better. I

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread 'Gabriele Battaglia' via MacVisionaries
Hi All. Will the final release be for free or it is a commercial product? And, someone have already did a comparison between Word and Pages in terms of accessibility? Gabriel. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Piotr Machacz
b gbma...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 12:40 PM Subject: RE: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Ok just remember it might be a lower 16 . number and updates come through the app. thanks -Original Message- From

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Your message is appearing totally empty on my end. Please try again. Chris. - Original Message - From: Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 1:30 PM Subject: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements -- You

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Krister Ekstrom
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Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
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Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Eileen
: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 1:28 PM Subject: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Downloading it now. Hopefully it's reasonably usable. Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- On 16 Apr 2015, at 3:26 am, Piotr Machacz piterm...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread sadamahmed1992
:40 PM Subject: RE: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Ok just remember it might be a lower 16 . number and updates come through the app. thanks -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread sadamahmed1992
Thanks Chris for these instructions. Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- On 16 Apr 2015, at 3:29 am, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: You are! You gotta do like George said. I'm uploading the preview to my public Dropbox for you

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 1:36 PM Subject: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements You can git it at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3048768. That is the latest. From what I have been able to see it works with vo. On Apr 15, 2015, at 12:30 PM, Krister Ekstrom kris

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Naam. Naam. Aiwa! I totally agree. Let's hope that they do! Chris. - Original Message - From: sadamahmed1...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 1:45 PM Subject: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements It will be interesting to see

Can't type in Word. was: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread 'Gabriele Battaglia' via MacVisionaries
Any idea of why I’m not able to type text in MS Word? I’ve signed up with my Microsoft account. Word opens correctly and I can see all the items on the screen, including the edit text field. GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group.

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
1:28 PM Subject: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Downloading it now. Hopefully it's reasonably usable. Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- On 16 Apr 2015, at 3:26 am, Piotr Machacz piterm...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe Microsoft hasn’t updated their main

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 2:43 PM Subject: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Hi All. Will the final release be for free or it is a commercial product? And, someone have already did a comparison between Word and Pages in terms of accessibility? Gabriel

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Grant Hardy
Hi all, The Office 2016 Preview can be directly and officially downloaded from Microsoft. Here is the link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=523849 As others have mentioned, once downloaded and installed, updates can be installed by opening any of the Office apps, accessing the help

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread sadam Ahmed
Have the improvements been introduced in 15.9? That’s the version I’m running. It tels me that there are no other updates available. Kind regards, Sadam Mohammed Ahmed B.A. Information Systems RMIT University — On 16 Apr 2015, at 5:05 am, Grant Hardy grant.li...@icloud.com

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 5:34 PM Subject: RE: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements No the office you have on your mac if you have 365 is version 14.xxx, the one we are talking about is office 16 which is in as you would call beta which Microsoft is now in the beta preview stage thus the name

RE: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread george b
@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 15:37 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements George, For goodness sake dude! calm down! I wasn't doubting you. I simply

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Lisette Wesseling
- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lisette Wesseling Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 14:06 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Hi, If I download MS Word for Mac using my Office 365

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 6:20 PM Subject: RE: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Go to the mac for office Microsoft page and they tell you you do not have to sign in because...it is a beta called preview -Original Message

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
is: 1-800-936-5900. Chris. - Original Message - From: Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 5:06 PM Subject: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Hi, If I download MS Word for Mac using my Office 365, will I

RE: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread george b
, 2015 14:56 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements I had to sign in from what I recall, but maybe I'm rememberirng wrong. I'd tried it in the last preview before this one which wasn't accessible, so I take your word for it. Chris. - Original

Re: Can't type in Word. was: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Did you update with the software updater to 15.9? Chris. - Original Message - From: 'Gabriele Battaglia' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 4:53 PM Subject: Can't type in Word. was: Re: Office 16.9

RE: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread george b
to sign in with any account to use it. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lisette Wesseling Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 14:06 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Yup? Sure have! Chris. - Original Message - From: sadam Ahmed sadamahmed1...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 3:12 PM Subject: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Have the improvements been introduced in 15.9? That’s the version

RE: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread george b
Why si not 16.9? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 14:32 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Yup

Re: Can't type in Word. was: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread 'Gabriele Battaglia' via MacVisionaries
Hi Christopher. You were right: I didn’t have the latest released software. Thanks for the tip. Gabriel. -- 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

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi, If I download MS Word for Mac using my Office 365, will I get this accessibility everybody is talking about. I'm a bit confused with it being called a preview app. Is installing Word on the mac accessible? Lisette On 16/04/2015, at 7:05 am, Grant Hardy grant.li...@icloud.com wrote: Hi