Hi All! When I first started using Windows, I remember someone saying that "In Windows, there is always more than one way to do things." There seems to be a way to get around most problems within whatever program one is using.
I believe there is a way to get the results you want, but go through a different doorway. I find this true with the Microsoft Outlook Calendar which I'm still struggling with. Patience and optimism are the keys here. If it's a "bad hair", or "nick the skin on your face" kind of day, it can still happen. Smile! -----Original Message----- From: Michael Capelle [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 9:26 AM To: Louis Maher; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: word 2007 is horrible I want my word 2003! i agree, this guys posting was out of line in my opinion, it is called, get used to it, stop complaining, and you will make everyone's life, including your own, much much more peaceful. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis Maher" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 8:24 AM Subject: RE: word 2007 is horrible I want my word 2003! > Hello, > > A good way to learn the new systems is to use the mp3 files that come > with the window-eyes and JAWS screen readers. After that, you could > look at the Access Technology Institute's books > (http://www.accesstechnologyinstitute.com). These books are $75 a piece, > downloadable, contain mp3 lessons as well as a manual, and are quite good. > > I learn technology slowly; however, using the mp3 lessons has greatly > simplified the task. Give yourself a few months and you will be a > pro. > > As for the ribbon: > Access the ribbon with the alt key, > Move left and right through the tab list, with the right and left > arrows. When you are on the tab you want, hit the tab key to enter the > tab list. Inside each ribbon selection are groups of buttons. As you > tab through the list, you can hear the word group which tells you are > at the beginning of a > group of controls. > > Good luck and be patient and persistent. > > > Regards > Louis Maher > 713-444-7838 > [email protected] > http://nfb-texas.org/houston > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 7:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: word 2007 is horrible I want my word 2003! > > Hello fellow window-eyes users, > I'm taking a computer class next fall, and the teacher has informed me > that we'll be using word 2007. I've had a chance to check out word > 2007 with window-eyes, and you know what? Well, I'm gonna be honest > and just come out and tell you. Word 2007, is in my opinion the worst > version of word that microsoft has ever come out with. The program > absolutely stinks. I don't know who the ittiot at Microsoft was, who > came up with the idea to take away the menu bar that we've all come to > know and love, and replace it with that rediculous piece of junk they > call the ribbon. I can understand how it may be helpful to someone, > who might be a graphics designer or big time business tycoon who just > loves to make his documents all colorful and pretty, but what about > the rest of us? Doesn't Microsoft realize, that not everyone in the > world is a business person? didn't it ever cross their minds that > there might be some people, who might have trouble using their new > graphical interface? Particularly those of us who use screen readers? > I hate to say it, but I believe, that Microsoft created word 2007, > with no intention of ever including people with disabilities. If they > were thinking about us, they wouldn't have made the program so damn > graphical! Now, before I get off on a major rant, and end up saying > something on this list that I may regret saying, here's my question. > For any of you who use word 2007, could you please, please, give me > some pointers, as to how to get around that horrible ribbon? Is there > an easy way to gain access to the formatting features? In word 2003 > and prior, we have things like file, edit, view, insert, ETC. Whereby > it was obvious what choices we had, so we could format our documents. > But after looking at the ribbon, I can't make heads or tails of any of > it. Nothing makes any sense. So, I'd like to know if there's any way I > can perform tasks in word 2007 using this thing with window-eyes? You > know, if I really wanted to be mean, I could really curse Microsoft to > no end. But we all know the trouble I'd get into with GW Micro if I > did that on this list. But when I sit down at the computer to type a > word document, that's all I want to do; Type a word document, complete > with doublespacing and centered text where necessary. I don't care > about all that graphical, colorful stuff. Don't need it, don't want > it. I just want to complete a simple document, without all the bells > and whistles. Mike Rochester, NY. > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender > only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is > related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to > [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > > GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You > can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original > sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your > message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your > message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > > GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You > can > manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. 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