I checked and double checked and found JART can open, edit and save as word .doc. So that is good news.
Does anyone know of a similar open source software that can open MS Excel and may be just maybe also save as .ells? It of course needs to be accessible to jaws. some popular ones like Open office and King soft have some key aspects inaccessible to JAWS which essentially excludes them as a solution. there are other excel viewers but they are paid. Anyone know of a free Excel compatible spreadsheet viewer/editor/saver? Prateek -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Joni Colver Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 3:20 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Using JART to create and save documents in MS Wordformat I would assume this is true, but I can't verify it from personal knowledge. I have only opened Word 2000 documents with Jarte and I have not shared any of those with anyone with other word processors. I feel at this point I can use Jarte and not shell out the bucks for Word 2010. The only reason I would buy Word 2010 is if I got a different job that required me to use it for a transcription platform. I have found Jarte to be a nice program and it has saved me some money by not purchasing Word 2010 when I got my new Windows 7 computer a couple of months ago. The website also mentions that it works well with screen readers, and it is nice to see something like that when investigating a new piece of software. Joni -----Original Message----- From: Dujari, Prateek Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 5:10 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Using JART to create and save documents in MS Wordformat Hello. I am playing with JART and to my surprise I find that I can open, edit and view any MS word 2010, 2007 or 2003 document in it. Further I find I can save any of these MS Word files opened in JART after editing them in the Word 2003 .doc format. this seems incredible. Is this really true and does this give us freedom from MS Word and more importantly be able to share .doc files with others who have Office loaded on their computers while I don't? 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/
