HI, what opperating system were you testing this on? If you were makeing your tests 2 or 3 months ago then the work needs to be completely redone because snow leopard 10.6 came out in October with major accessibility improvements.Most of us are voice or braille users. It's hard to troubleshoot vision issues when you can't see.
Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-12-01, at 7:23 AM, Declan wrote: > I am wondering if the mac is realy useful for low vision users I was > unable to find any mainstream office programs that would track the > cursor with the built in zoom function. This is a re-post of an > earlier message that had no responses. > > Are there any Office Programs on the Mac that track the cursor when > using the Zoom option? I like the mac very much. I was already to > get a 24" mac that was being sold off cheaply. However examining the > Zoom feature and cursor tracking more thouroughly I discovered that > the only program that tracked the cursor when using the Zoom feature > was TextEdit. Microsoft Word didn't do this (Word isn't accessible > on > the mac). I wasn't sure what the "track the keyboard cursor" option > meant in the Zoom options dialogue box. I rang up Apple and was told > that it was tracking keyboard commands like using Alt-F to get the > file menu up in Windows it would move the screen to the menu bar. I > mentioned about the cursor tracking problem. The Apple Employee > kindly downloaded Open Office to his system and found that Open > Office > word processor didn't track the cursor in Zoom! > > Is there anyone out there using mac magnification (Zoom) with any > Office program (other than TextEdit) where the cursor tracks? > > > I tried Google Docs. The spreadsheet is dreadful. It is unusable. > The display jumps to the side of the spreadsheet outside the browser > on every cell! > > > Needless to say I decided not the buy the mac! I want to use Zoom > option rather than VO. > > > I was flabergasted when I found this out. It means that anyone > wanting to use magnification on the mac can't have cursor tracking in > anything more serius that TextEdit! > > > Your help very much appreciated. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
