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From:
"Chip Orange" <lists3717@comcast.net>Subject:
RE: Microsoft Office StarterDate:
Sat, Nov 12, 2011 10:21:17 pmSteve,
Well, I thought I had read you could download trial versions of Office which
would work fully for a limitted amount of time; perhaps you could use the
trial version to get you through your temporary situation?
I really know nothing much about Office Starter, and since it can't be
downloaded, I won't have any chance to check it out. I can see it looks
like they've disabled the object model, and so screen readers may not be
able to get any info from it.
You could try narrator or NVDA to see what it can read for you from Office
Starter; that way, you'd know if it's a Window-Eyes issue or really no
screen reader can work with this app.
hth,
Chip
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Jacobson [mailto:steve.jacobson@visi.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 8:35 PM
To: gw-info@gwmicro.com
Subject: RE: Microsoft Office Starter
Chip,
I was hoping to just use it to be able to open and read Word documents for a
while until I figure out whether I can transfer a license from another
machine. It sounds like it isn't worth it from what you have said.
Best regards,
Steve Jacobson
On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:14:57 -0500, Chip Orange wrote:
>Steve,
>It doesn't seem to me to have any more capabilities than WordPad, if
>you can still get that for your temporary use, then that might do you.
>You can use Office starter to download an upgrade to full Office (or of
>course probably buy full Office at a better price over the internet).
>No one can download Office Starter, so I am unable to see if scripting
>would help out the situation.
>Hth,
>Chip
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve Jacobson [mailto:steve.jacobson@visi.com]
>Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 11:19 AM
>To: GW-INFO List
>Subject: Microsoft Office Starter
>On my new laptop, there is something called Microsoft Office Starter.
>I thought that this might work for me for a while until I get Microsoft
>Office on that machine, but it does not seem to work well with
>Window-Eyes. Is Microsoft Word Starter a different program than
>Microsoft Word rather than just being a limited version? I may still
>not have something configured correctly but thought I'd ask here before
>I spend a ton of time on this. Thanks for any information.
>Best regards,
>Steve Jacobson
>Best regards,
>Steve Jacobson
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Well, I thought I had read you could download trial versions of Office which
would work fully for a limitted amount of time; perhaps you could use the
trial version to get you through your temporary situation?
I really know nothing much about Office Starter, and since it can't be
downloaded, I won't have any chance to check it out. I can see it looks
like they've disabled the object model, and so screen readers may not be
able to get any info from it.
You could try narrator or NVDA to see what it can read for you from Office
Starter; that way, you'd know if it's a Window-Eyes issue or really no
screen reader can work with this app.
hth,
Chip
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Jacobson [mailto:steve.jacobson@visi.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 8:35 PM
To: gw-info@gwmicro.com
Subject: RE: Microsoft Office Starter
Chip,
I was hoping to just use it to be able to open and read Word documents for a
while until I figure out whether I can transfer a license from another
machine. It sounds like it isn't worth it from what you have said.
Best regards,
Steve Jacobson
On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:14:57 -0500, Chip Orange wrote:
>Steve,
>It doesn't seem to me to have any more capabilities than WordPad, if
>you can still get that for your temporary use, then that might do you.
>You can use Office starter to download an upgrade to full Office (or of
>course probably buy full Office at a better price over the internet).
>No one can download Office Starter, so I am unable to see if scripting
>would help out the situation.
>Hth,
>Chip
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve Jacobson [mailto:steve.jacobson@visi.com]
>Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 11:19 AM
>To: GW-INFO List
>Subject: Microsoft Office Starter
>On my new laptop, there is something called Microsoft Office Starter.
>I thought that this might work for me for a while until I get Microsoft
>Office on that machine, but it does not seem to work well with
>Window-Eyes. Is Microsoft Word Starter a different program than
>Microsoft Word rather than just being a limited version? I may still
>not have something configured correctly but thought I'd ask here before
>I spend a ton of time on this. Thanks for any information.
>Best regards,
>Steve Jacobson
>Best regards,
>Steve Jacobson
>If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original
>sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your
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>GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can
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message to gw-info@gwmicro.com so the entire list will receive it.
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>manage your list subscription at
http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
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