Adrian, I can't take credit for this, David Goldfield was where I got the info from. I am just glad I could pass it along to help anyone. Thanks anyway, Kurt
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 13, 2016, at 10:54 PM, Adrian Spratt <adr...@adrianspratt.com> wrote: > > Kurt, > > What a terrific post. It's frustrating when people blandly post that a > complex program is completely accessible because accessibility is rarely > complete. Your careful qualifications will help people decide whether to take > the time to try out Libre Office if they're in the market for a Windows > Office substitute. It's really appreciated. > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On > Behalf Of kurt miller > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 7:08 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute > > Tom, > > For those who aren't familiar with this product, LibreOffice is a free, open > source Office suite, similar in capabilities to the well-known Microsoft > Office. Its word processor is similar to Word in many respects but is > referred to as Writer, their Excel-like spreadsheet is called Calc and it > contains other programs as well. It may be appealing to some for several > reasons. First, it's absolutely free; no licensing, no registration or > activation required. It can open and save in Microsoft's formats, meaning > that it can open Word files or save spreadsheets in Excel's own format. It > also uses the traditional menu bar like Office > 2003: no ribbons. > > To be honest, when it comes to accessibility it's adequate and usable but it > doesn't provide the stellar performance we're used to with Microsoft's Office > products. It performs quite well with NVDA and, as of several versions ago, > usable with JAWS. It never worked with Window-Eyes, crashing every time > Window-Eyes was running although I haven't tested it with the newest > LibreOffice and Window-eyes 9.5. > > PCWorld has a brief review of LibreOffice 5.2 at > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/3102849/software-productivity/libreoffice-52- > includes-classified-documents-and-a-streamlined-interface.html > > You can read more about LibreOffice and download it at > > www.LibreOffice.org > > HTh, > Kurt > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On > Behalf Of Tom Clary > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 5:31 PM > To: jaws-users-list > Subject: [JAWS-Users] ms office substitute > > my laptop doesn't have ms office on it, and need a ms office type program on > it, that works with jaws 17. anyone have any suggestions? > > 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/
