Updating to the latest Microsoft Word version from Office 365 probably won’t address all of your concerns, but it may eliminate the worst of them, if you’ve been using an outdated version. I would also recommend Mac OS Monterey with everything up to date.
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Jürgen Fleger <mailinglis...@fleger.net> Date: Thursday, 23June, 2022 at 08:48 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Working around MS Word ""Hi, OK, I'll give Word another chance. Some months ago it was awful. Pages workes quite great. I'd love to see VO reading more attributes after pressing VO t but all in all I like it very much. Jürgen Von meinem iPhone gesendet Am 23.06.2022 um 14:32 schrieb 'ja...@jasonjgw.net' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>: Also, I’ve read positive reports about the accessibility of Pages from those who’ve used it much more than I have. I’ve only run it a few times for testing. From: 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Date: Wednesday, 22June, 2022 at 18:53 To: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Working around MS Word Recent versions have improved somewhat in their accessibility. Make sure you’re using the latest Office 365, monthly channel, for the best that Microsoft Word for Mac currently offers to the VoiceOver user. Old versions are definitely problematic. On 22 Jun, 2022, at 16:57, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com<mailto:jpanar...@gmail.com>> wrote: I agree, Tim. It works well. I have been made to work with sophisticated documents and it is surprisingly accessible. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com<mailto:j...@macfortheblind.com> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com<http://www.macfortheblind.com/> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Jun 22, 2022, at 4:03 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com<mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> wrote: Hi, Works fine for me. Later... Sent from my iPhone On Jun 22, 2022, at 1:00 PM, Jürgen Fleger <mailinglis...@fleger.net<mailto:mailinglis...@fleger.net>> wrote: Sorry Tim, Word for Mac works terrible. Reading a simple text might work but in the moment a document is more suffisticated or very long Word doesn’t work very well. In my opinion Outlook is the only app which works quite well using VoiceOver. Jürgen Am 22.06.2022 um 21:51 schrieb 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com<mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>>: Hi, I think that you might be running on old information about Microsoft Word. It is very accessible on the Mac now. But, if you do want to move docs back-and-forth between word, and an app, Pages is very accessible, and can import and export to Microsoft Word easily. Later… Sent from my iPhone On Jun 22, 2022, at 11:45 AM, Andrew Leland <alel...@gmail.com<mailto:alel...@gmail.com>> wrote: Here’s another question for the group: One of the main reasons I’m considering abandoning MacOS for Windows is that I have to send and receive MS Word docs, often with track changes and comments. I primarily work in Scrivener and export to Word, but I can’t give up word entirely because I need to be able to check the formatting of the exported docx, and process tracked changes and comments on files I’m receiving. Does anyone know of a way to bring a .docx with track changes and comments into a more accessible program than Word on the Mac? Like maybe Apple Pages? Trying to think of a way that I don’t have to switch to Windows, though I’m sort of resigned to that fate considering everything I know about MS Word for MacOS... Thanks and high fives all around, Andrew On Jun 22, 2022, at 2:17 PM, Jürgen Fleger <mailinglis...@fleger.net<mailto:mailinglis...@fleger.net>> wrote: Hi Andrew, I’m sorry to hear you are getting blind. Ask as much as you want here in this list. A lot of great experts share their knowledge. You could also have a look on applevis.com<http://applevis.com/>. Very rich. Press CMD + Option + v instead of just CMD + v to move an element in the Finder. Scrivener for Mac is also a great tool which is quite accessible to VoiceOver. Unfortunately Word isn’t as accessible as it could be. In this point I’m very disappointed from Microsoft. They could really do better. 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