I thought this might be useful to the members, but was not sure about the policy on forwarding other lists messages. I know web aim has an archive, so perhaps the best thing would be to find the archive of this story and let our group know about the information included.
Take care, Jonathan > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Karlen Communications" <i...@karlencommunications.com> > Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Office 365 for authoring accessible documents > Date: November 4, 2015 at 05:27:49 EST > To: "'WebAIM Discussion List'" <webaim-fo...@list.webaim.org> > Reply-To: WebAIM Discussion List <webaim-fo...@list.webaim.org> > > I just installed both Office 2016 for the Mac and Office 2016 for Windows on > my Mac and Windows 10 computers respectively. The desktop applications are > more robust in features than the web apps or tablet versions. > > I know that Microsoft is moving toward a uniform interface between their > Windows and Mac versions of Office so 2016 for Mac has more features to make > documents accessible and I'll be trying those out over the next few months to > see what the improvements are Office 2016 for Mac now has Ribbons.. > > Here are some of the resources for using Office 2016 for Mac in terms of > general accessibility: > > Accessibility in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac: > https://support.office.com/en-ca/article/Accessibility-in-PowerPoint-2016-for-Mac-fdff2074-bbd9-4c7a-8f55-d2885d58c0da?ui=en-US&rs=en-CA&ad=CA&fromAR=1 > > Accessibility in Excel 2016 for Mac: > https://support.office.com/en-ca/article/Accessibility-in-Excel-2016-for-Mac-1d014a46-3416-413d-909d-51c817e83580 > > Accessibility in Word 2016 for Mac: > https://support.office.com/en-ca/article/Accessibility-in-Word-2016-for-Mac-f8d605c2-24e9-44b7-9cf6-4b226e6172d0 > > > Access World - a First look at Office 2016 accessibility: > http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw160902 > > So far in editing and writing documents using JAWS 16 and 17 on my Win 10 > desktop I don't notice much difference. There are the usual JAWS > bugs/features but aside from that, there is no difference between Office 2013 > or 2016. I suspect that the biggest difference I'll see is in being able to > add more accessibility in the Mac versions although I Haven't delved into > those desktop applications yet. > > In purchasing Office 365 you also have access to the "advanced editing tools" > on an iOS device which should give you some tools related to accessible > document editing. Not sure about things like adding Alt text but this is > something else to add to my list of "things to do." LOL > > Cheers, Karen > Microsoft MVP for Word > Microsoft Accessibility MVP > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto:webaim-forum-boun...@list.webaim.org] On Behalf Of > Whitney Quesenbery > Sent: November 4, 2015 12:39 AM > To: WebAIM Discussion List <webaim-fo...@list.webaim.org> > Subject: [WebAIM] Office 365 for authoring accessible documents > > Does anyone have any experience with how well Office 365 supports creating > accessible Word and PPT files and whether it makes a difference what platform > you are on? > > I've looked at the Accessible Digital Office Documents project - > http://adod.idrc.ocad.ca/ - didn't see Office 365 listed (or what seems be > called Office 2016 Mac) _______________________________________________ > To manage your subscription, visit http://list.webaim.org/ List archives at > http://webaim.org/discussion/archives > Address list messages to webaim-fo...@list.webaim.org > > _______________________________________________ > To manage your subscription, visit http://list.webaim.org/ > List archives at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives > Address list messages to webaim-fo...@list.webaim.org -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- 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.
