Hi, Office 2016 is pretty accessible with a few issues remaining as with many Windows 10 applications. Each day accessibility continues to improve but is still a work in progress. This in all fairness has been pretty much the deal since Office 2010. Microsoft needs to do some work with their accessibility driver and Jaws needs to improve on a few things which is always the case as we live in a very complex world these days. For example, in Word 2016 and 2013 in when printing envelopes none of the leading screen readers do a really good job with editing the return or the delivery address. However Narrator works just fine. In Outlook 2016 none of the screen readers handle the spell checker perfectly. That has been an issue since 2010. I use Word, Excel, and Outlook daily and wouldn't give either one up. I am currently using Jaws 17 very successfully with them and although there are a few things I am hoping to see fixed before Jaws 18 I certainly would not hesitate to buy either one again. Hope that helps Merv
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 11:52 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Microsoft Office Al, There's a lot more to Office than Outlook. And, the lower-end versions of Office like Home and Student, or I think even Business don't have Outlook. But, one might want Word, Excel and Powerpoint. I don't know how accessible 2016 is in whole, although I do know that some of it is accessible. But, there may be certain tasks that aren't as accessible as previous versions of Office, which are still available if you look around. ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Robbins To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 8:23 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Microsoft Office Fred, If you are using WLM now, why do you want to go to MS Office on the new computer? Outlook is very different than WLM Al -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Fred Adams Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 6:08 AM To: jaws-users Subject: [JAWS-Users] Microsoft Office I am using W10, WLM and latest jaws and I purchased a new Dell desktop computer and it did not come with Microsoft Office installed. I am thinking of purchaseing Microsoft Office and I would like to know if 2016 is very compatible with jaws17 or if anyone has suggestions. I am not to good with computers so I will appreciate any info. Thanks much Best wishes, FRED C. ADAMS W4HC US ARMY AIRBORNE RET MARANATHA! MARANATHA!! 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/
