I wanted to make everyone aware of an upcoming free online workshop with
blind technology access expert Alan Cantor.  He has identified a number of
undocumented or poorly documented macros and offers a system for the end
user to easily create his own.  Alan shows the power of keyboard navigation
and how various techniques can lead to great efficiency.  If you will be
attending the technology access conferences sponsored by the California
State university at Northridge in los Angeles or the rehabilitation
engineering society of North America in Atlanta later this year, Alan will
be presenting his ideas and techniques in person.  If you don't have the
bucks or the expense account to attend, join him online in this web
conference sponsored by Project EASI: Equal Access to Software and
information.  more detail about all of Alan's appearances is available at:

http://www.cantoraccess.com/upcoming.htm#easimacros2005

or if you just want to sign up for the class directly without reading the
extensive syllabus, then go to:

http://easi.cc/forms/macro.htm

A description of the workshop is below.

Kelly


Gears for your PC: More Speed and Less Sweat with Macros
Windows Macro 2-part Clinic
Presenter: Alan Cantor

This 2-part Web conference series will be webcast on Thur. February 17 and
Thur. March 3 at 1 PM Eastern, Noon Central, 11 AM Mountain and 10 AM
Pacific
times. Register below to save a spot in the conference room. However, if you
cannot make the presentation, register anyhow as it will put you on the
e-mail
list to get the link to the recording.

Alan says that running Windows without macros is like cycling through the
mountains on a fixed-gear bicycle. It can be done, but the task is
needlessly
difficult. Think of macros as gears for your computer. Macros reduce
physical and mental effort while multiplying speed and increasing
efficiency. It is
also possible to create macros to "fix" software accessibility and usability
problems.

During this two-session web-cast, Alan Cantor will describe and demonstrate
a wide range of macro techniques for Windows-based PCs. These web-casts will
interest beginner, intermediate, advanced, and power users. Many of the
techniques are undocumented or poorly documented.


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