Re: Microsoft Teams with Voiceover

2025-04-08 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
I haven’t used Microsoft Teams for a while, but I would suggest reading Microsoft’s documentation for screen reader users, for example https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-a-screen-reader-to-explore-and-navigate-microsoft-teams-47614fb0-a583-49f6-84da-6872223e74a0 From: 'Andrew' via Mac

Re: microsoft word docs in mail

2024-08-28 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Brad, Is there a setting to enable this reader view? This morning I was able to enter my credentials into Word. I still get the below dialog. Intriguing issue. Office Open XML word processing document 369 KB From E.T.'s Keyboard... I reserve the right to be wrong. Which will never happen.

Re: microsoft word docs in mail

2024-08-27 Thread Lorie McCloud
I don't have Word on my phone unless it's built in. I don't know if I'd have trouble opening all Word files on my phone or if it's just this one. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 27, 2024, at 8:37 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote:  Turns out I need to sign in with my current credentials. Stra

Re: microsoft word docs in mail

2024-08-27 Thread Brad Snyder
It should not matter if word is working, or even installed on your iPhone. When you open a Microsoft Word document that is attached to an email, the file opens in a viewer within the Mail app on your iPhone. I've been using an iPhone for more than 10 years, and this is how it has always worked.

Re: microsoft word docs in mail

2024-08-27 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Turns out I need to sign in with my current credentials. Strange thing is, using my Bluetooth keyboard, it seems to be stuck in caps on. Outside of Word, the keyboard behaves as it should. From E.T.'s Keyboard... I reserve the right to be wrong. Which will never happen. My e-Mail: ancient.al

Re: microsoft word docs in mail

2024-08-27 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
In that case I will take a look to see if Word itself is working for me. From E.T.'s Keyboard... I reserve the right to be wrong. Which will never happen. My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 8/27/2024 4:29 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: That's interesting. I've been doing this on Microsoft Word

Re: microsoft word docs in mail

2024-08-27 Thread Brad Snyder
That's interesting. I've been doing this on Microsoft Word DOC and DOCX files for as long as I've have been using an iPhone. - Brad - On Aug 27, 2024, at 13:57, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote:  This does not work for me on the iPhone for .docx files. It does for plain text files and am

Re: microsoft word docs in mail

2024-08-27 Thread Lorie McCloud
it didn't work for me either although I've had no trouble with pdf's. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 27, 2024, at 1:57 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote:  This does not work for me on the iPhone for .docx files. It does for plain text files and am sure other file types will work. >From E.T.

Re: microsoft word docs in mail

2024-08-27 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
This does not work for me on the iPhone for .docx files. It does for plain text files and am sure other file types will work. From E.T.'s Keyboard... I reserve the right to be wrong. Which will never happen. My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 8/27/2024 10:19 AM, Brad Snyder wrote: Soun

Re: microsoft word docs in mail

2024-08-27 Thread Lorie McCloud
a sighted person who got the same microsoft word file told us she couldn't open it either at least not on her phone so I guess it's not an accessibility issue. she said it was fine on her computer. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 27, 2024, at 12:20 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: Sounds to me like you're

Re: microsoft word docs in mail

2024-08-27 Thread Brad Snyder
Sounds to me like you're doing a double tap and hold, which brings up a context menu of choices. Try doing just a simple one finger double tap. That should open up the document in a reader view. - Brad - On Aug 26, 2024, at 21:31, Lorie McCloud wrote: I have tried it several times. about the

Re: microsoft word docs in mail

2024-08-26 Thread Lorie McCloud
I have tried it several times. about the only options presented to me are "save to files" an tags. nothing about reading anywhere. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 26, 2024, at 3:36 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: I have no idea what that menu could be. When I do a one finger double tap on the attachment, i

Re: microsoft word docs in mail

2024-08-26 Thread Brad Snyder
I have no idea what that menu could be. When I do a one finger double tap on the attachment, it opens in a viewer window within the mail app. I suggest you go back and try it again. - Brad - On Aug 26, 2024, at 13:03, Lorie McCloud wrote: I tried that first but I could only get a menu. Sent

Re: microsoft word docs in mail

2024-08-26 Thread Lorie McCloud
I tried that first but I could only get a menu. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 25, 2024, at 11:41 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: Select and then do a one finger double tap on the attached document. It will open in a reader within the mail app. You should have no problem reading it from there. - Brad -

Re: microsoft word docs in mail

2024-08-26 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
aries Date: Monday, August 26, 2024 at 07:23To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: microsoft word docs in mailIt would be nice to have an "Open With" option. Janina Brad Snyder writes: > Select and then do a one finger double tap on the attached document. It will open in a reader w

Re: microsoft word docs in mail

2024-08-26 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
It would be nice to have an "Open With" option. Janina Brad Snyder writes: > Select and then do a one finger double tap on the attached document. It will > open in a reader within the mail app. You should have no problem reading it > from there. > > - Brad - > > On Aug 25, 2024, at 23:08, L

Re: microsoft word docs in mail

2024-08-25 Thread Brad Snyder
Select and then do a one finger double tap on the attached document. It will open in a reader within the mail app. You should have no problem reading it from there. - Brad - On Aug 25, 2024, at 23:08, Lorie McCloud wrote: I got a word doc in an email. I only have oy phone right now because I

Re: Microsoft Word for Mac

2024-01-03 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 3/1/24 09:17, 'Mervin Keck III' via MacVisionaries wrote: I use Word, Excel, and OneDrive on the MacBook Pro M1. I have not had any issues with accessibility. I have Office 365 but have not played with the other Office Apps even though they are on my Mac. A few notes on Microsoft Word for M

Re: Microsoft Word for Mac

2024-01-03 Thread 'Mervin Keck III' via MacVisionaries
I use Word, Excel, and OneDrive on the MacBook Pro M1. I have not had any issues with accessibility. I have Office 365 but have not played with the other Office Apps even though they are on my Mac. I did put both word and Excel on my Dock for faster access. And removed Pages, and Numbers since I

Re: Microsoft Word for Mac

2024-01-03 Thread Brad Snyder
Sorry, responded to the wrong message. :) - Brad - On Jan 3, 2024, at 07:36, Brandon Olivares wrote: Sorry for the confusion but I’m using these applications on the Mac, not Windows. > On Jan 3, 2024, at 8:32 AM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > In Windows 10, Win + B, puts Windows keyboard focus

Re: Microsoft Word for Mac

2024-01-03 Thread Brandon Olivares
Sorry for the confusion but I’m using these applications on the Mac, not Windows. > On Jan 3, 2024, at 8:32 AM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > In Windows 10, Win + B, puts Windows keyboard focus on the System > Tray/Notification area. > It does the same in Windows 11. > > - Brad - > > > > On Jan 3

Re: Microsoft Word for Mac

2024-01-03 Thread Brad Snyder
In Windows 10, Win + B, puts Windows keyboard focus on the System Tray/Notification area. It does the same in Windows 11. - Brad - On Jan 3, 2024, at 07:08, Brandon Olivares wrote: I’m going back to school and they apparently provide Microsoft Office apps for free. I thought maybe I should

Re: Microsoft teams and VO, will it work together?

2023-10-29 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Sorry one more point on Teams, with the Macintosh turn off cursor tracking for best results. There are a few places where a pop-up gets triggered by a focus event to bring up a menu. Specifically, the Name tag in a conversation will pop up choices of Call / Private Chat /who knows what else if y

Re: Microsoft teams and VO, will it work together?

2023-10-24 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
Attending a meeting should be relatively easy, as you need only interact with the meeting controls rather than the larger Teams application. > On Oct 23, 2023, at 12:49, Mohamed Fayed wrote: > > Yes. I use it both on iPhone and on Mac OS. > I find the web version more responsive than the deskto

Re: Microsoft teams and VO, will it work together?

2023-10-23 Thread Gabe Griffith
Hi, I've used teams in the windows and the iOS modes. I personally find the iOS platform to be much easier to comprehend and navigate. It will be laid out with the tabs across the bottom as with most apps then things like your messaging conversations, calendar events, etc will be lined up alon

Re: Microsoft teams and VO, will it work together?

2023-10-23 Thread Mohamed Fayed
Yes. I use it both on iPhone and on Mac OS. I find the web version more responsive than the desktop app, which is a different way to the same interface. It annoys me in navigation because of the complexity of the interface but it can be managed. The important task I find very annoying on teams

Re: Microsoft Word

2023-03-19 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
The version on my Mac now is from the Mac App store. It is kept updated. Word is the only Microsoft app on the Mac. But all the apps are installed on my Windows and I am not sure if it is worth the trouble to remove all but Word. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Those who make peaceful revolution i

Re: Microsoft Word

2023-03-19 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 19/3/23 12:39, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote: Currently I subscribe to Microsoft 365 which runs on Windows and Mac. Curious if anyone is running a stand alone version of Microsoft Word for the Mac that you purchased outright? No, I'm also using Microsoft 365 - the version that can be pu

Re: Microsoft Word

2023-03-19 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Whups, ignore this. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." --John F. Kennedy My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 3/19/2023 9:37 AM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote:    Cureently I subscribe to Microsoft 365 whcih

Re: Microsoft edge has new window.

2022-01-28 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! It helps a bit. I don’t know if one can tell accessibility about it. I guess its more a edge or chrome issue. /A > 28 jan. 2022 kl. 13:43 skrev Jonathan Cohn : > > When I hear this message in Firefox it seems to be when a tool tip is being > displayed. You might be able to reduce the occurre

Re: Microsoft edge has new window.

2022-01-28 Thread Jonathan Cohn
When I hear this message in Firefox it seems to be when a tool tip is being displayed. You might be able to reduce the occurrence by turning off mouse follows VoiceOver cursor in VoiceOver Utility. This should at least cut back on onHover events. HTH! Jonathan > On Jan 27, 2022, at 23:08, Da

Re: Microsoft edge has new window.

2022-01-28 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi Dave! Actually I haven’t tried that yet. But I will see if I can get to a table to test. I guess I have to live with the message that pops up every now and then. /A > 28 jan. 2022 kl. 05:08 skrev Dave Carlson : > > Anders, > > I was using Edge for quite a while over the past couple years, and

Re: Microsoft edge has new window.

2022-01-27 Thread Brad Snyder
I hear pretty much the same announcement when using Google Chrome with voiceover on my Mac. It's annoying, but like Dave said, you just learn to live with it. I much prefer using Safari, and it is my primary browser. No such annoyances when using Safari. - Brad - On Jan 27, 2022, at 22:09, Dav

Re: Microsoft edge has new window.

2022-01-27 Thread Dave Carlson
Anders, I was using Edge for quite a while over the past couple years, and was not able to figure a way to stop that announcement. I just got used to it. Sorry. I’m now using Safari again, but for other reasons. Do you find it impossible to navigate inside tables using Edge? I could never make

Re: Microsoft Teams On iPhone And Accessibility

2021-03-29 Thread Jeff Berwick
I use Teams on my iPhone everyday and it is very accessible. To get into a meeting, make sure that you are on the calendar tab—second from the right at the bottom. Then, find the meeting and the button right after the name of the meeting is labelled “Join.” Once you are in the meeting, you can

Re: Microsoft Excel on IOS.

2021-02-17 Thread Jessica Moss
Ok, as it stands now, neither excel or numbers in IOS will work properly with it. Numbers, when in vertical navigation, will read the rows as well as it can. However, it still displays as a read only file, and what would normally display as row F on the Mac side, which is also the expandable l

Re: Microsoft Excel on IOS.

2021-02-17 Thread Jessica Moss
I have a subscription, I’ve logged into it and saved the file to 1 drive, but when I open it, unlike on the Mac side, it’s just all over the place as far as columns being sorted/read, seems to remain in read-only mode, and the dropdown list that displays on the Mac side to highlight the guidelin

Re: Microsoft Excel on IOS.

2021-02-16 Thread Ryan Mann
Are you subscribed to Microsoft 365? I believe you need a Microsoft 365 subscription to be able to edit Excel and Word files on IOS. With that being said, I don’t think Excel is as accessible on IOS. Numbers can open Excel files. Maybe you could use that instead. Sent from my iPhone > On

Re: Microsoft outlook on the Mac

2020-07-05 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
If you have a choice, then I suppose it’s largely a matter of preference. Microsoft Outlook doesn’t just support email; it offers calendar, contacts, and other features as well. Consequently, it should probably be compared with the combination of Apple Mail/Calendar/Contacts. Also, it is my und

Re: Microsoft outlook on the Mac

2020-07-05 Thread Ryan Mann
What is the advantage of using Outlook instead of the Mail app? > On Jul 4, 2020, at 2:09 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Hello, > I checked things out on my Outlook, and you can use a hot spot safely for the > contacts window. Therefore, there should be no need to create a script for > this. >

Re: Microsoft outlook on the Mac

2020-07-04 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, I checked things out on my Outlook, and you can use a hot spot safely for the contacts window. Therefore, there should be no need to create a script for this. 1. Create a new message. 2. Wait for VoiceOver to say Outlook has a new window. 3.. Bring up window chooser with VO-F2 F2 and select

Re: Microsoft outlook on the Mac

2020-07-04 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, I checked things out on my Outlook, and you can use a hot spot safely for the contacts window. Therefore, there should be no need to create a script for this. 1. Create a new message. 2. Wait for VoiceOver to say Outlook has a new window. 3.. Bring up window chooser with VO-F2 F2 and select

Re: Microsoft outlook on the Mac

2020-07-03 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
Also, once the new window is presented, you can often simply press the tab key from within the text entry field to complete the name and email address. I assume it takes the first entry that matches the partially typed name or address. Very often, this is exactly what I want, so it’s a quick ope

Re: Microsoft outlook on the Mac

2020-07-03 Thread 'Nancy Badger' via MacVisionaries
Thanks everyone for the help. I will try the suggestions. Nancy Nancy Badger, Ph.D Executive Director of Counseling Old Dominion University Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors. On Jun 30, 2020, at 5:04 PM, 'Nancy Badger' via MacVisionaries wrote: hi ever

RE: Microsoft outlook on the Mac

2020-07-01 Thread hermanfermin
Rattray Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 9:29 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Microsoft outlook on the Mac That would be a fab script if you could make it happen I have just started using outlook as it is useful to schedule teams meetings where you are inviting others as it puts the

RE: Microsoft outlook on the Mac

2020-07-01 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hi Petrus, I can’t honestly say, I’ve only ever hit enter as a hang up from the windows world. I assume it will ddo the same thing. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings Sent: Wednesday, 1 July 2020 2:26 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re

Re: Microsoft outlook on the Mac

2020-06-30 Thread Julie Rattray
That would be a fab script if you could make it happen I have just started using outlook as it is useful to schedule teams meetings where you are inviting others as it puts the link straight in to the invite but it is a little clunky to keep switching windows when adding multiple recipients to m

Re: Microsoft outlook on the Mac

2020-06-30 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, The name completion for Outlook uses a separate window, the window is accessible, but might vanish if you use command-accent to sswitch to it, not sure because I stopped trying several versions ago. What I do, is type the first few characters of who I am sending the message to wait a sec

Re: Microsoft outlook on the Mac

2020-06-30 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Hi Simon and Nancy, I know with the native mail app one needs to press VO space bar once the desired person comes up while your arrowing down the list of contacts after typing the first couple of letters, pressing enter doesn’t work. Is this different with Outlook? > On 1/07/2020, at 12:58, Si

RE: Microsoft outlook on the Mac

2020-06-30 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hi Nancy, Sorry to hear about your sight situation, Try typing the first characters of the person or address you are looking for in to the to field and then arrow down, It should list any / all contacts you have made contact with and once you find the one you want, just hit enter. -Ori

Re: Microsoft outlook on the Mac

2020-06-30 Thread Brad Snyder
Here is a link to a Microsoft Help resource on keyboard commands for Outlook on the Mac: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/keyboard-shortcuts-for-outlook-3cdeb221-7ae5-4c1d-8c1d-9e63216c1efd?redirectSourcePath=%252fen-us%252farticle%252fkeyboard-shortcuts-for-outlook-for-mac-07ae68c8-b7a

Re: Microsoft Edge on the Mac

2020-06-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
If you like the compact version, you can download a better quality version of the voice if you wish. > On Jun 28, 2020, at 10:22 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > I am not a native inglish speaker but really like aron compact for reading > things on the internet. > That’s if i am lazy and d

Re: Microsoft Edge on the Mac

2020-06-28 Thread Leo Bado
Hi Karen, Sadly, the last time I tried out edge chromium on my Mac, these neural voices didn’t show up in the list to pick a voice when reading aloud. So, I am assuming they are not available yet for mac users. Personally, in my windows PC I always read articles on the NY times using the male

Re: Microsoft Edge on the Mac

2020-06-28 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I am not a native inglish speaker but really like aron compact for reading things on the internet. That’s if i am lazy and don’t wanna poke with my braille display. /A > 27 juni 2020 kl. 21:52 skrev Leo Bado : > > I find neural voices far more natural when reading large articles. For me > e

RE: Microsoft Edge on the Mac

2020-06-28 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Totally separate download. Nothing to do with office 365 or currently windows as it’s not yet in the windows os installation. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dave Carlson Sent: Sunday, 28 June 2020 3:26 AM To: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Micr

Re: Microsoft Edge on the Mac

2020-06-27 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi Leo, I assure you that such things matter to many, even if native speakers. May I ask where to locate neural voices? Would I be correct in guessing that, these voices cannot be incorporated into voiceover as an option? Its profoundly frustrating, the lack of understanding that some folks desi

Re: Microsoft Edge on the Mac

2020-06-27 Thread Leo Bado
I find neural voices far more natural when reading large articles. For me everything is better, intonation, in-flexion, naturalness, and pronunciation. Objectively speaking, these characteristics are very important for me since I'm not a native English speaker, but I understand that they might

Re: Microsoft Edge on the Mac

2020-06-27 Thread Brad Snyder
Why don't you just use VoiceOver to read articles on the Internet when using Edge on a Mac?? - Brad - On Jun 27, 2020, at 13:15, Leo Bado wrote:  well, yes, I tried it out some weeks ago and it worked just fine; however, I was expecting that the neural voices worked on the mac as well, but s

Re: Microsoft Edge on the Mac

2020-06-27 Thread Leo Bado
well, yes, I tried it out some weeks ago and it worked just fine; however, I was expecting that the neural voices worked on the mac as well, but sadly, they don't... and for me this feature it's very important since I usually read articles on internet. I don't know if those voices are working o

Re: Microsoft Edge on the Mac

2020-06-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
It's a separate download, if you do a google search for microsoft edge it should be the first result. > On Jun 27, 2020, at 10:25 AM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > Mike, > Is MS Edge part of the Office 365 suite, or a separate download? > > Dave Carlson > Oregonian, Farfar, Engineer, Musician, Pion

Re: Microsoft Edge on the Mac

2020-06-27 Thread Brad Snyder
MS Edge is not a part of Microsoft365. It is a separate product/download. - Brad - On Jun 27, 2020, at 10:25, Dave Carlson wrote: Mike, Is MS Edge part of the Office 365 suite, or a separate download? Dave Carlson Oregonian, Farfar, Engineer, Musician, Pioneer, and Woodworker On Jun 27, 2

Re: Microsoft Edge on the Mac

2020-06-27 Thread Dave Carlson
Mike, Is MS Edge part of the Office 365 suite, or a separate download? Dave Carlson Oregonian, Farfar, Engineer, Musician, Pioneer, and Woodworker On Jun 27, 2020, at 8:21 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: I decided to give the new Microsoft Edge browser a try, it works very well. You can definitely tel

Re: Microsoft Edge on Catalina

2020-06-23 Thread Mike Arrigo
I'm surprised Microsoft developed Edge for the Mac. It uses the Chrome engine I think so it's probably similar to just using Chrome. > On Jun 23, 2020, at 11:30 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > > Hello, > I am running the latest Catalina on my iMac and have been trying the > Microsoft Edge web brows

Re: Microsoft Edge on Catalina

2020-06-23 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Is there no import function in the ms edge settings? Cait > On Jun 23, 2020, at 12:30 PM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > > Hello, > I am running the latest Catalina on my iMac and have been trying the > Microsoft Edge web browser. It looks good so far. It is fast and I have not > seen much busy. > I

Re: Microsoft Teams

2020-06-21 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I have to use MS Teams for quite a few things at work. I am switching consistently between the Windows, iPhone and Macintosh version. First off, when Teams creates a notification window, that is totally inaccessible on the Mac, and might also be on the Windows. IT is so bad, that the only way I

Re: Microsoft Teams

2020-06-20 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
On 6/19/20 8:06 AM, 'Adrienne Chalmers' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi all Has anyone got any advice for using Microsoft Teams with VO? I only know one other VO user who has experience of this and they couldn’t get it to work at all. I don't know what the problem might be. I've used Microsoft

RE: Microsoft Teams

2020-06-20 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Do you have a skype Id/ Remember that skype doesn't really exist any longer. Teams now takes over from what skype for business was doing, It's both a chat and phone system. So try using your skype ID to log in to the teams interfface. Teams is by default an office / microsoft 365 tool, So

Re: Microsoft Teams

2020-06-19 Thread Jeff Berwick
I have been using Microsoft Teams with my iPhone for several months now and find it to be quite accessible. I don’t like the chat feature as there are a lot of extra items I don’t need, but the calling feature is quite straight forward. The Windows desktop version is a tougher beast to tame, s

Re: Microsoft Teams

2020-06-19 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
hi, I totally agree with Julie on this one. When using it on the Mac, it seems quite clunky and awkward from a VO prospective. Not impossible, just somewhat frustrating. I’ve been messing around in the Admin Console of our Office domain, and Safari was going busy quite often. This was no sl

Re: Microsoft Teams

2020-06-19 Thread Julie Rattray
Hi, I use it and can try to help - the first thing I would say is that the desktop version is really not that accessible if you have an iPad though it is much easier to use and actually works well. If you got a calendar invite for the meeting then you can click the join button in the invite an

RE: Microsoft word on the Mac.

2020-04-11 Thread Simon A Fogarty
:48 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Microsoft word on the Mac. Hello Mr. Carlson, yes that is correct let me explain. When you have office 365 you have the choice of either using the web version of an application or the version of the application that you actually install. Or

Re: Microsoft word on the Mac.

2020-04-10 Thread 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
Hello David. I did actually have problems using the word application on the Mac yesterday as I was trying to update my CV. I was also trying to use the Braille display with it but I found that voice-over was not always tracking what the speech said I E I don’t know if there is a braill e cursor

Re: Microsoft word on the Mac.

2020-04-10 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
Hello Maurice, Have you tried working with tables in a Word document on the mac side? It used to be impossible so I was wondering whether you had any experience of tables in Word on the mac. Another word processing app on the Mac, Nisus Writer, was very promising but for the tables again. It

Re: Microsoft word on the Mac.

2020-04-09 Thread Dave Carlson
Morris, Okay, thanks. I have an Office 365 subscription, but the actual apps are installed on my Mac. They would just be updated automatically from the internet. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all me

Re: Microsoft word on the Mac.

2020-04-09 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
I also have a stand alone version which I bought late last fall. I don't know if it's still available or not. But I paid a one-time fee, thus avoiding the whole subscription thing. Cheers, Donna > On Apr 9, 2020, at 9:48 PM, maurice mines wrote: > > Hello Mr. Carlson, yes that is correct let m

Re: Microsoft word on the Mac.

2020-04-09 Thread maurice mines
Hello Mr. Carlson, yes that is correct let me explain. When you have office 365 you have the choice of either using the web version of an application or the version of the application that you actually install. Or at least that’s the way it was initially. These days I believe it is only the appl

Re: Microsoft word on the Mac.

2020-04-09 Thread Dave Carlson
Morris, You say your version is not the on line version? So you mean you are not using Office 365? Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions

Re: Microsoft word on the Mac.

2020-04-09 Thread maurice mines
Hello, I use Microsoft Word for the Mac practically on a daily basis. The ways that I’ve made it work for me, is by first going to that ribbon. I stop interacting with it then I get to the point where it will show me the text that’s currently in the document. I interact with that and I’m able to

Re: Microsoft word on the Mac.

2020-04-09 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
How is the issue of accessibility of Tables in Word on mac? That used to be a major stumbling block as it has been on all the other ones on the Mac platforms apart from Pages. Andrew > On 7 Apr 2020, at 21:43, 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Just had a play with Microsoft w

Re: Microsoft word on the Mac.

2020-04-09 Thread Dave Carlson
Kawal, I still have some issues with MS-Word on the Mac, and wonder if you can share some of the adjustments you made to help? Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list

Re: Microsoft word on the Mac.

2020-04-09 Thread Julie Rattray
Yes I find when using word on the Mac that it is less responsive and it does not always respond to commands to move by para etc so I typically still use pages but do use word for a couple of things - normally sharing files to one drive for collaborative working with peers. Interestingly I find t

Re: Microsoft word on the Mac.

2020-04-09 Thread 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
I did have to play with the NAV keys And Ihad to turn them off because it wasn’t showing me what I had typed. And I agree it’s okay but it is slightly not as great as what it might be on windows. But a vast improvement > On 8 Apr 2020, at 10:48 am, 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries > wrote: >

Re: Microsoft word on the Mac.

2020-04-08 Thread 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries
Do you have the problem where arrowing around a document in Word for Mac is sluggish? This is with quick navigation off. > On Apr 7, 2020, at 3:43 PM, 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Just had a play with Microsoft word on the Mac and that is better also. So > if anyone want

Re: Microsoft Word for Mac

2020-01-19 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
turday, January 18, 2020 9:00 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Microsoft Word for Mac MS Word is used with Duxbury, but I am going to try using plain text to import into DBT. My Office 365 subscription is up in 3 months so have time. I just don't need anything but Word so wil

RE: Microsoft Word for Mac

2020-01-19 Thread M. Taylor
essly attempting to reinvent the proverbial wheel. (smile). Mark -Original Message- From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2020 9:00 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Microsoft Word for Mac

Re: Microsoft Word for Mac

2020-01-19 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
improving in its accessibility over time. From: Macvisionaries on behalf of Dave Carlson Reply-To: Macvisionaries Date: Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 21:50 To: Macvisionaries Subject: Re: Microsoft Word for Mac E.T. Sounds like Pages is your next option. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer

RE: Microsoft Word for Mac

2020-01-19 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Yeah I know what you mean about the package deal, It's a lot to pay when you get a lot of crap. -Original Message- From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Sent: Sunday, 19 January 2020 6:00 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Microsoft Word for Mac MS Wo

Re: Microsoft Word for Mac

2020-01-18 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
s it comes free now with all mac computers / ios devices. -Original Message- From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Sent: Sunday, 19 January 2020 3:45 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Microsoft Word for Mac Of course it's up to me, that is why I posted. (

RE: Microsoft Word for Mac

2020-01-18 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hi ET, What about just using Pages as it comes free now with all mac computers / ios devices. -Original Message- From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Sent: Sunday, 19 January 2020 3:45 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Microsoft Word for Mac Of course it&

RE: Microsoft Word for Mac

2020-01-18 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hi ET, You mean office 365 subscription. As for cost, It would depend on which subscription to the Office 365 system you have, You can get one where office is based in the cloud that might be your cheapest But I'm not sure you save a lot and you can't easily get just word, Have a look at the

Re: Microsoft Word for Mac

2020-01-18 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
It is except Pages will not work with Duxbury but I will be looking at a different way to get around that using plain text. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 1/18/2020 6:50 PM, Dave Carlson wrote:

Re: Microsoft Word for Mac

2020-01-18 Thread Dave Carlson
E.T. Sounds like Pages is your next option. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- 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 f

Re: Microsoft Word for Mac

2020-01-18 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Of course it's up to me, that is why I posted. (smiles) $99 a year either way is not an option so I will be working out a different approach to a Word-less environment. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were tr

Re: Microsoft Word for Mac

2020-01-18 Thread Brad Snyder
$99.99 per year is for up to 5 computers, either Mac or Windows. Another option is $69.99 per year for a single computer. It is up to you to decide which option works best for your needs. - Brad - On Jan 18, 2020, at 17:53, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote: Currently I have the Office 355 su

Re: Microsoft accessibility answer line practices for Mac products

2018-11-21 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, I have never called the access line, but when I had issues with the Skipe for Business on the Macintosh freezing with VoiceOver running I used the contact support item and got very quick response including having them call me at office on a scheduled time to walk through correcting the i

Re: Microsoft 365

2018-02-23 Thread E.T.
Sent: Saturday, 24 February 2018 5:32 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Microsoft 365 I found that. Looks like the $99 plan is what will work for me. The Personal plan will only install on 1 PC or 1 Mac, From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe th

RE: Microsoft 365

2018-02-23 Thread Simon Fogarty
What, $.99 Hell mine costs me 16 nz dollars a month for my plan, -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Saturday, 24 February 2018 5:32 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Microsoft 365

Re: Microsoft 365

2018-02-23 Thread E.T.
aries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Friday, 23 February 2018 5:10 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Microsoft 365 Simon, I took a quick look and think the Home option will do. If I am not mistaken you can choose which apps to install? I might even try Outlook again. Fro

RE: Microsoft 365

2018-02-22 Thread Simon Fogarty
@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Friday, 23 February 2018 5:10 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Microsoft 365 Simon, I took a quick look and think the Home option will do. If I am not mistaken you can choose which apps to install? I might even try Outlook again. From E.T

Re: Microsoft 365

2018-02-22 Thread E.T.
Simon, I took a quick look and think the Home option will do. If I am not mistaken you can choose which apps to install? I might even try Outlook again. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 2/21/20

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