I agree, iWork is perfectly acceptable as a office suite. > On Dec 19, 2014, at 6:05 PM, The Believer <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > > I have been kind of following this thread out of interest. > > Where do the Apple apps, Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, fall short in > accessibility? Is there any compelling reason to pass these up in favor of a > third party suite that is yet to be accessible? > > Because I am using DBT under Windows, I use MS Word to create my documents. > DBT has not yet released a Mac version but even if they did, its anybody's > guess that the Mac version will use Word or some other word processor to > import from. > > But at any rate, I am curious about the Microsoft versus Apple deal. > > From The Believer. . . > . . . what if it were true? > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 12/19/2014 5:56 PM, Grant Hardy wrote: >> Hello Sean, yes, I am also referring to the most recent, standalone version >> of Microsoft Word for iOS. VoiceOver does not work with tables in Word >> documents. I know many people have said that the new Office apps for iOS are >> accessible, and in some ways they are, but Word in particular is pretty bare >> bones in terms of what is accessible and what isn't yet doable. >> >> Grant >> >> Sent from mobile >> >> On Dec 19, 2014, at 5:37 PM, Sean Murphy <mhysnm1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Office Mobile as you are calling it does not detect tables. Office Word on >> the iOS is what I am referring too. >> >> Sean >>> On 20 Dec 2014, at 11:40 am, erik burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, can you not create tables in excel mobile, then copy and paste them >>> into word mobile, and/or insert a spreadsheet as a table? I'll be looking >>> into office mobile soon for my girlfriend and wyould be interested to know >>> if this is feasible. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Erik Burggraaf >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Dec 19, 2014, at 6:55 PM, Grant Hardy <grantha...@outlook.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Faisal, >>>> >>>> I haven't heard anything official, either. But there are good signs. This >>>> fall, Microsoft released a brand new version of Microsoft Outlook for Mac, >>>> available to Office 365 subscribers. That version of Outlook appears to be >>>> very accessible (e.g. the ribbon, reading and sending messages, and many >>>> other areas of the program are working great). If the next version of >>>> Microsoft Office is designed with as much accessibility in mind, it could >>>> turn out to be very usable. >>>> >>>> I'll point out that in my opinion, there is some accessibility built into >>>> the Microsoft Office mobile apps for iOS but in many areas it is still >>>> lacking. For example, in Word, I know of no way to create or edit tables. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Grant >>>> >>>> Sent from mobile >>>> >>>> On Dec 19, 2014, at 11:20 AM, Faisal ali <faisal.a...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Chris, I was just wondering where you heard this bit of information from? >>>> I ask this because as far as far as I know, accessibility is not >>>> forthcoming as there is no indication of this. Although the IOS apps are >>>> accessible, that is still no proof that it will become accessibility on >>>> the Mac. A perfect example of this is the official twitter app and >>>> twitterific amongst others. >>>>> On Dec 19, 2014, at 11:12 AM, christopher hallsworth >>>>> <challswor...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Not yet, but it is expected that Office 2015 will be accessible just like >>>>> the individual apps for iOS. How accessible we won't know till they're >>>>> released sometime in 2015. >>>>>> On 19 Dec 2014, at 15:32, Brandon A. Olivares <programmer2...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> i’m wondering if MS Office for the Mac is accessible with Voiceover? >>>>>> I’ve heard it wasn’t in the past, but haven’t heard anything about this >>>>>> recently. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Brandon >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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