I think it's easier for sighted people because more options are on the screen at a time where they can see them. I know a lot of sighted people who don't like them either. When you press the alt key, you can then right arrow across the upper ribbon to find the different tabs. If you press tab, you will be in the choices for that ribbon. The tab key, in my opinion, is the most reliable way to move from item to item on the lower ribbon. Control right and left arrow is supposed to move you from group to group on the ribbon so that you can move through the choices faster. You also have accelerators that will let you press a series of letters to do things more quickly. Hope this helps a little. I know sighted people who don't like it either because they don't know where things are. On the other hand, I know people who love it because they can find obscure options more quickly.
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnold Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 10:41 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Speaking of Office 2010? Where in the world did Office 2010 and other newer programs come up with this ribbon idea? It makes no sense to me. I just got some directions, keep them handy and follow them. I guess it makes sense to somebody. "Whether you think you can or you can't, you're probably right." Henry Ford. Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenny McHugh" <lennymch...@comcast.net> To: "JFW List" <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 10:40 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] another marathon session with Microsoft > This was quite interesting. For two days there was a critical security > update for MS office 2010 that would fail every time. Finally I called the > accessibility support team. After two attempts they started running some > diagnostic and clean up tools. One of the first questions asked was if I > ever ran any registry cleaners. When I told him no he was glad to hear > that. > Then he tried it again and it failed. He then wanted to uninstall office > 2010 and had quite a few problems. He ran some fix it tools and finally > was > able to uninstall it. We reinstalled and it took a long time to apply 39 > critical updates. Every thing there is now working fine. As soon as it was > completed I created a restore point and started a system backup. We were > on > the phone for almost 2 hours. > > > --- > > Please visit my web page > > It’s motivational, inspirational with a touch of humor > > There is also a very extensive resource list for the blind > > http://www.LennyMcHugh.com > > International Brotherhood of Magicians member #43990R > 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/
