[vicsireland] Re: Apache Open Office improved accessibility
- From: Ronan McGuirk <ronan.p.mcguirk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 15:57:25 +0100
Hi Cearbhall,
Like you I have been looking for the way to extend selection.
I thought at first that the name box (Control shift F 5) would let me
key in a range. It lets you enter the range but for some reason I
can't get it to actually select the range that is keyed in. I guess I
will have to Google this some more!
Ronan
On 14/05/2014, Cearbhall O'Meadhra <cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ronan,
>
> I am currently looking at open Office calc with NVDA in the latest release.
> I can confirm that it is performing almost completely as fluently as Excel.
> I can enter data and code formulas perfectly. The editor is a bit dodgy
> when
> moving the cursor from left to right across the text of a formula in edit
> mode 2pressing F2). NVDA reads the entire formula perfectly when the cursor
> is placed on the equal sign bypressing the home key. He solution of
> selecting al the text and then editing in notepad provides a work around. I
> notice that JAWS cannot do this at all. Also I find that JaWS has similar
> trouble with Excel 2010 so I still count this as accessible in Open Office.
>
> I found that I could create a fill series of my own and fill down a
> repeating lsit. This is different from excel bu I was able to paly around
> with this tool perfectly in Open Office.
>
> On serious problem in Open Office was to do with formatting a cel or range
> of cels. Highlighting is no problem but when I open the format function
> (application key - f as in Excel) The category name is not readable.
> However, NVDA states that the category is, say, "3 of 11". I tabbed away
> from the field and then shited tab back again and NVDA was then able to
> speak the category name. All the other fields in the format property were
> adjustable and fully accessible.
>
> I am not clear how to select a range. In excel, I do this my pressing F8 at
> the start and pressing F5 to go to the last cell in the range. How should I
> do this in Calc?
>
> Another difficulty I had was with Help in Open Office. I found it
> impossible
> to get an answer to my query. This was probably because I was using the
> same
> methods that I use in Exce. I found it best to use Google to find the
> answer
> that I needed. Again, this is sometimes the best way to get an answer when
> using excel because so many of the Excel help screens are just not
> accessible.
>
> The alt- Page UP and alt- page down commands work perfectly to switch
> between worksheets within the same workbook in Calc.
>
> I hope these observations hep.
>
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Cearbhall
>
> m +353 (0)833323487 Ph: _353 (0)1-2864623 e: cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: 14 May 2014 12:22
> To: vicsireland; Ronan McGuirk
> Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Apache Open Office improved accessibility
>
> Hi Ronan,
>
> Thanks for the news. It would be great to hear more about how you find it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Josh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ronan McGuirk <ronan.p.mcguirk@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: vicsireland <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 11:59:36 +0100
> Subject: [vicsireland] Apache Open Office improved accessibility
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> As many of you may know, Open Office is a free open source package
>> that is similar to MS Office.
>> At the end of April, Apache Open Office 4.1 was released. This
>> included a major accessibility enhancement - it now uses iAccessible2
>> rather than relying on Java Access Bridge.
>>
>> I have begun looking at Open Office 4.1 with NVDA. First impressions
>> are good.
>>
>> Has anyone else on this list had any experience with Open Office 4.1 ?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Ronan
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