I think Landa nailed it. As Microsoft Office became more complex, pull
down menus did not enable most users to see more than a few controls
without going to sub menus. Hence, the ribbon, which had been in use in
other software products, was adapted to replace much of the top line
apparatus. This said, not all ribbon controls are logical nor highly
visible either. e.g. page renaming in Excel comes under a layer called
cells. Fortunately, hot keys perform the most common functions in
office, bypassing the need to overheat the tab keys.
On 6/25/2015 10:55 AM, Londa Peterson wrote:
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.
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