Hi all, Since microsoft suite 2010 is what is sold nowadays I'm getting it. So other than the tricky ribon bar, what is different? Is everything accessible with jaws? I have jaws 12. Do all shortcut commands such as control s for save or control F for find still work? Are all buttons labeled? What access issues are there? I figured either you or your students would have used it and could give me some advice; I get frustrated with new technology changes! Are there any help features built in for jaws and microsoft word 2010? Thanks! Ashley Bramlett Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

I have preparing some lessons to be used over the Summer for some students using JAWS. Everything seems to work well. Microsoft has made some minor tweaks such as bringing back File on the as a menu item. Frank Irzyk On Jan 22, 2011, at 6:53 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Hi all, > > Since microsoft suite 2010 is what is sold nowadays I'm getting it. > So other than the tricky ribon bar, what is different? Is everything accessible with jaws? I have jaws 12. Do all shortcut commands such as control s for save or control F for find still work? Are all buttons labeled? What access issues are there? > I figured either you or your students would have used it and could give me some advice; I get frustrated with new technology changes! > Are there any help features built in for jaws and microsoft word 2010? > > Thanks! > > Ashley Bramlett > > > Merry Christmas and Happy New Year > > You are subscribed to AERNet, The Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Listserv. > > To post a message to all the list members, send an email to [email protected]. > > Address list requests to: [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this list, go to http://lists.aerbvi.org/mailman/listinfo/aernet_lists.aerbvi.org and follow instructions to unsubscribe. Go to the same address to access the list archives. > _______________________________________________ > AERNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.aerbvi.org/mailman/listinfo/aernet_lists.aerbvi.org

I recently purchased several books from National Braille Press related to Windows 7. It can be used with JAWS but there are some differences. I don't like change but it is necessary at times. Marianne Denning -------------------------------------------------- From: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 6:53 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [AERNet] microsoft 2010 and accessibility > Hi all, > > Since microsoft suite 2010 is what is sold nowadays I'm getting it. > So other than the tricky ribon bar, what is different? Is everything > accessible with jaws? I have jaws 12. Do all shortcut commands such as > control s for save or control F for find still work? Are all buttons > labeled? What access issues are there? > I figured either you or your students would have used it and could give me > some advice; I get frustrated with new technology changes! > Are there any help features built in for jaws and microsoft word 2010? > > Thanks! > > Ashley Bramlett > > > Merry Christmas and Happy New Year > > You are subscribed to AERNet, The Association for Education and > Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Listserv. > > To post a message to all the list members, send an email to > [email protected]. > > Address list requests to: [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this list, go to > http://lists.aerbvi.org/mailman/listinfo/aernet_lists.aerbvi.org and > follow instructions to unsubscribe. Go to the same address to access the > list archives. > _______________________________________________ > AERNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.aerbvi.org/mailman/listinfo/aernet_lists.aerbvi.org

I have used Windows 7 with Jaws 11 and 12 for almost a year, and I prefer it to earlier Windows versions in most respects. (note however, that Jaws, prior to Jaws 10 and, I think, even Jaws 11, do not work well with Windows 7, check other screen reader versions and Windows 7 compatibility as necessary). When you hit the start menu button you are put straight into a search box where you can type a keyword, and the corresponding program comes up (Skype, documents will pull up my documents etc). This is a great convenience if you know what program you want to pull up and what it is called. Unfortunately the search box is not smart enough to pull up most frequently used term for a given search, so if I, for instance, install a recent application with folder called "help docments", and then I type "docments" into a search box, I will get this most recent documents folder, rather than "my documents" as the match. You can copy and paste program shortcuts into a start menu, and also the context menu for most apps is better in Windows 7, for instance, if you use the context menu for a Font file you will be offerred the option of installing that font. On XP you had to take the long route through control panel to do this. Bottomline, once you get used to 7 you will, most likely, find it better than XP, and definitely better than Vista. It is stable and I have no complaints really. Hth -Birkir -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank Sent: 23. janúar 2011 00:09 To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AERNet] microsoft 2010 and accessibility I have preparing some lessons to be used over the Summer for some students using JAWS. Everything seems to work well. Microsoft has made some minor tweaks such as bringing back File on the as a menu item. Frank Irzyk On Jan 22, 2011, at 6:53 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Hi all, > > Since microsoft suite 2010 is what is sold nowadays I'm getting it. > So other than the tricky ribon bar, what is different? Is everything accessible with jaws? I have jaws 12. Do all shortcut commands such as control s for save or control F for find still work? Are all buttons labeled? What access issues are there? > I figured either you or your students would have used it and could give me some advice; I get frustrated with new technology changes! > Are there any help features built in for jaws and microsoft word 2010? > > Thanks! > > Ashley Bramlett > > > Merry Christmas and Happy New Year > > You are subscribed to AERNet, The Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Listserv. > > To post a message to all the list members, send an email to [email protected]. > > Address list requests to: [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this list, go to http://lists.aerbvi.org/mailman/listinfo/aernet_lists.aerbvi.org and follow instructions to unsubscribe. Go to the same address to access the list archives. > _______________________________________________ > AERNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.aerbvi.org/mailman/listinfo/aernet_lists.aerbvi.org You are subscribed to AERNet, The Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Listserv. To post a message to all the list members, send an email to [email protected]. Address list requests to: [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, go to http://lists.aerbvi.org/mailman/listinfo/aernet_lists.aerbvi.org and follow instructions to unsubscribe. Go to the same address to access the list archives. _______________________________________________ AERNet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.aerbvi.org/mailman/listinfo/aernet_lists.aerbvi.org