The reason for the spell-check not working as it used to is that, rather than spell-check appearing as a dialog box on top of the regular Word window, it now appears in a pane on the right-hand side of the screen, just like for some other Word features.
The reason that Word now says "we" is to make the language (a) more readable for people with lower IQs and those who are less technologically literate, and (b) to make Word seem more "friendly", a trend that has taken hold with technology recently. I personally like it as it makes Word seem tailored more for individual users. On 2/28/18, Adrian Spratt <adr...@adrianspratt.com> wrote: > Hi, Rebecca. I've been using Office 2016 for only two weeks. So far, I find > no advantages over 2010. I have been meaning to try out certain features. > For example, I believe 2016 handles PDF files, but I haven't looked into it > so far. After all, PDF files have become increasingly accessible, especially > with JAWS 2018. Otherwise, 2016 doesn't act as smoothly for me as 2010 did. > > > for example, often when I press the down arrow key, all I hear is the first > letter of that next line rather than the whole line. All I need do is go > back up and back down again, but it's an extra step and a distraction. > > In spell-check, "word in context" is no longer available. It's easy enough > to escape out of spell-check and do a "say line" command, but I do miss that > option. > > In Outlook 2016, you need to press control-y to go to the folders list. > Shift-tab no longer works. Of course, this is just a question of forming a > new habit, and you may already use control-y as your default. > > Outlook 2016 takes a long time to open. I do have a lot of folders and > messages, but it seems to take much longer than it did in 2010. > > There's a trick to setting up Word 2016 so that you can open files from > your chosen directory. I would gladly check my notes to explain if the time > came. > > One last curiosity. When I do a search-and-replace in Word 2016, I'm told: > "All done. We made X replacements." Who is "we"? Microsoft? Of course, it > isn't literally MS looking over my shoulder, just a way they've chosen to > confirm an operation, but it's a little creepy. > > So far the only reason I can see for upgrading to 2016 is to keep up with > technological changes. I had hoped it would overcome certain unrelated > problems I've been having, such as with Windows updates, but those problems > turn out to be exactly what I said: unrelated. Well, if you do a lot of work > on documents with other people, it looks like 2016 has some useful features. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On > Behalf Of Rebecca Lineberger > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 5:08 PM > To: jaws user's list <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Office 2010 vs. 2016 vs. 365 > > I'm running Windows 10, Fall Creator update, 1709. But I'm still using > Office 2010. I hesitate to update since on the list at least, and probably > naturally enough, I see more problems than benefits. I've been reading a > bit about 2016 and 365 from books on each downloaded from Bookshare. Does > anyone have any thoughts about either? It seems these days that screen > readers are always playing catch-up as Microsoft constantly introduces > changes. Since my computer is behaving and I don't need a new one, the > upgrade to a later version of Office would be a choice and not a necessity. > > Just wondering about others' experiences. > > Thoughts would be appreciated. > > Rebecca > > "The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better" > > From: Center for Action and Contemplation > > > > 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/
