Hi vivian,

I'm also working on Microsoft Access, and am myself visually impaired. I
use the Jaws screen reader to design databases, and am still learning how
to deal with Access. I use the built in keyboard commands in Windows,
which I find very helpful. If you have difficulty dragging and dropping,
you might want to try running Access from the keyboard instead. You can
find the list of keyboard commands from www.microsoft.com/enable. Hope
this helps!



Joseph J. Lazzaro
HTTP://JoeLazzaro.Com

On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Automatic digest processor wrote:

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> Topics of the day:
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>   1. Accessibility Aids for Microsoft Access?
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> Date:    Sat, 2 Feb 2002 14:14:02 -0500
> From:    VB <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Accessibility Aids for Microsoft Access?
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> As a person with a learning disability whose visual spatial
> and fine motor skills are severely impacted, I was wondering
> if there are any accessibility aids for Microsoft Access
> 2000?  In trying to design a form, I find this product
> impossible to deal with.
>
> For my own purposes, I can just start over but I really need
> to learn this program well if I want to get earn as much
> money as possible doing temp work which I may be doing in a
> few months if I still haven't made up my mind on a career
> change.  Usually, you're tested for all the Microsoft Office
> Skills so that's why I am concerned.
>
> I have spent the whole morning trying to find tutorials that
> would explain how deal with forms.  I think I finally found
> a tutorial that made sense but it requires that I do a lot
> of drop and dragging which I find very hard to do.
>
> So I guess what I am asking is what accessibility features
> for Access are available if any for people like me who have
> poor visual spatial and fine motor skills?  Any other
> suggestions?
>
> Sorry if I am rambling but I am just so frustrated that
> something that shouldn't be so hard has turned out to be
> that way.
>
> Many thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Vivian
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