Thanks to Alan, Jim, and Jeff for pointing out all the nice Jaws hot keys
and Excel features.  Any WindowEyes experts here?  I used Jaws up to 3.7
but then switched to XP and WindowEyes.  WindowEyes' major disadvantage
seems to be the smaller number of users and hence reduced "common wisdom"
about how to do things.

John


At 06:50 PM 10/9/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Jim,
>
>I've been working with JAWS 4.5 with Excel 2K lately and it has several
>nice features that allow users to navigate large spreadsheets with
>speech.  I'd highly recommend making the upgrade if you need to navigate
>Excel spreadsheets, HTML tables, or Word tables.
>
>Jeff Senge
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Rebman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 5:05 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Accessibility of Excel files
>
>
>John,
>
>I haven't tried it for myself yet, but I believe JFW 4.5 has several new
>hot keys for improved reading and navigation in Excel.
>
>My SMA expired at version 4.x and I have not yet decided if I want to pay
>for the 4.5 upgrade -- certainly won't pay for another SMA though.
>
>-- Jim
>
>------------
>
>James A. Rebman
>
>Cognitive Levers Project
>Center for Life-Long Learning and Design
>Department of Computer Science
>University of Colorado, Boulder
>
>"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more
>violent.  It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the
>opposite direction."
>
>  - E. F. Schumacher

John Gardner
Professor and Director, Science Access Project
Department of Physics
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