You will need an add on to do this. There is one available from www.addintools.com for $30. Recently someone posted a link to a free one, but I already had purchased the one mentioned above, so I didn't save the message. You can get a 15 day free trial for the one mentioned above.
Andy -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Elaine Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 9:15 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] question about Microsoft office 2007 hi my college is upgrading to office 2007 in September. I was told to make office accessible you can alter the settings so it will show the drop down menus similar to previous versions. I'm not sure if they meant in the control panel though. anyone know about this? thanks Elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Thomas" <davidw...@gmail.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 4:52 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] question about Microsoft office 2007 > What is the add on? Is there a demoe > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <andrew.bara...@va.gov> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 10:37 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] question about Microsoft office 2007 > > >> Well, I'm just starting with it, and haven't had training, or time to >> read anything, but basically, you hit the ALT key, and you are presented >> with a row of buttons that you tab across, These buttons kind of >> represent what was on the old dropdown menus. You press the spacebar on >> a button, and you get another row of buttons with more options. There >> is an add-on that you can buy for $30, that will give you the classic >> dropdown menus. So far, with persistence, I have been able to use the >> ribbon. Also, there are keyboard commands that you can memorize and use >> to pretty much avoid the ribbon. >> Andy >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com >> [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of David >> Thomas >> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 2:22 PM >> To: JAWS-Users-List@jaws-users.com >> Subject: [JAWS-Users] question about microsoft office 2007 >> >> How do you cope with the ribbons and can you give me the basics of the >> ribbon >> 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/ 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/
