I thought Virtual ribbons was going to be a help but frankly, I do a lot of stuff in word via keystrokes, for example control E for center, etc, with virtual ribbons on I lost that ability and so I used them for about three days and then turned them back off,. If I need a command I don't remember, I just go to the ribbon and find it, maybe that happens to me about once every few months. So what I thought would be a great feature is not for an old hand at Word but probably is great for someone just learning, someone who is willing to use menus for every command they wish to execute. I'd love the older style menus back but not at the cost of not being able to use the keyboard shortcuts I have used for the past 15 years or so. The ribbons are really not that hard and since most employers will be using them these days, I figure it is better to be able to use them than to be dependent on an option that may or may not work in the work setting.
Rose Combs roseco...@q.com -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Miriam Vieni Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 3:50 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Ribbons I have not upgraded to Jaws 14 yet and I've been using a very old version of Word, 2003, I think. I do have this Win7 computer. This old version of word needs to be replaced because it is not saving properly and it's losing data in documents. I'm not sure which version uses Ribbons. But my question is, are a lot of you using Virtual Ribbons and is that helpful? Miriam 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/
