Yep, I'm sorry to have to give you the bad news, but it just won't work. iWorks does however. Numbers (the spreadsheet app) and Pages (word processing) are working very well for me. Don't really know about Keynote (presentations), I would actually like to know if someone is using it successfully to read slideshows and make their own? Well iWorks can read and save as Microsoft documents if you need that, and also rtf. Rafaela El 26/10/2010, a las 22:04, Brian Miller escribió:
> Wow, this is bad news since I all ready bought the MS office for MAC -- how > is it that it is not accessible? > > You say iWorks is, however? > > I admit I tried Office when I first got my MAC mini and installed it, but it > just didn't look right at all. I thought I just needed more practice. > Darn. > > Thanks, > > Brian > > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rafaela Freundt > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 10:05 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Advice for purchasing a New IMac > > Hi, > Microsoft Office for the mac is not accessible at all. not even the new 2011 > one that just came out, so I would advice you to stick with iWork and open > Office which is free and is usable. > Rafaela > El 26/10/2010, a las 20:49, Eric Oyen escribió: > >> well, >> I am not sure about the accessible scanner software. however, you can do > most of your word processing on the mac. I didn't know that microsoft office > was available for the mac. The one thing I can tell you is that the mac is > not a respectable part of the marketplace and a lot of blind people who use > computers also like the mac (those that have one anyway). >> >> I don't use windows here as I don't have the funds to get the > accessibility software. I haven't tried looking around for good OCR software > yet (but I do see a need for it). I may have to have someone help me bring > my windows box back up and install NVDA and see what I can do with it. > there's plenty of cheap software for the windows PC, but like anything else, > it requires funds I don't currently have. >> >> -Eric >> >> On Oct 26, 2010, at 6:40 PM, Sharon Ballantyne wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I have not used the mac computer systems in about fifteen years but am > making the final decisions for my purchase of an IMac. Does anyone have > advice. I am a totally blind user. I have decided it will be most useful to > bootcamp my computer so as to have scanning capabilities. I am told there is > no accessible software on the Mac for my scanning needs? I ahve been using > kerzweil. Right now I am planning to go with Freedom Scientific's openbook > and the Freedom Scientific Pearl which is portable and uses a camera rather > than a flat bed scanner. Before I make that commitment I want to be sure > there is nothing out there for the Mac. >>> >>> I am planning to use iwork but there have been some suggestions I go with > Microsoft for Mac. I currently use Jaws 11 on a windows 7 with Microsoft > office 2007. >>> >>> My primary uses on the computer are: word processing, excel, e-mail and > internet searches as well as scanning outlined above. I have no technical > background. >>> >>> It was suggested I get 500 gb and a separate 500 gb external drive for > backup rather than the 1 terabite. >>> If anyone has any advice to throw in before I make the final purchase > decisions, that would be great. >>> >>> E-mail off list can be sent to: >>> sbal...@nexicom.net >>> >>> Thank-you, >>> Sharon in Canada >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
