Richard Turner <richardturner42@...>
Two things.
I’m pasting the link to the help documentation online so you can read through its offerings.
Also, it is very sluggish with both Jaws and NVDA. There is a dealy after each character when you arrow over it or when you type.
If I had to depend on this for all my Office type needs, I think this would get frustrating.
Are there scripts or settings that can be changed to help this?
Here is the help link:
Start Center (libreoffice.org)
Richard
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Marie
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 7:45 AM
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Subject: Re: Free word processors
I went to the Libreoffice site but could not find out just what is included in this suite. I know it has word processing but what other aps are included?
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 5:25 AM
Subject: Re: Free word processors
Hi. OpenOffice and LibreOffice are very similar and they may appear identical on the surface, especially for users of screen readers. However, OpenOffice has a very slow development cycle. LibreOffice
receives many more updates and feature additions and should offer even better compatibility with more complex Office files. Therefore, I highly recommend LibreOffice over OpenOffice.
David Goldfield,
Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
JAWS Certified, 2019
WWW.DavidGoldfield.org
On 12/2/2020 8:18 AM, Richard Turner wrote:
I would not depend on Google Docs. Open Office works fine until someone can get Word.I am not sure about the other one that has been mentioned Libre or something like
that.
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I have never used Google Docs precisely because of this problem but apparently checking on Google last week there are instructions
for using Google docs offline. As far as I can see though this is certainly not the default and ironically you need to be online to make this setting change. So I imagine that if, for example, your Wi-Fi suddenly goes down you may indeed be locked out of all
your documents.
Someone who actually uses Google Docs may be able to comment definitely on this though.
David G.
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Jasmine Kotsay
Sent: 02 December 2020 09:20
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Subject: Re: Free word processors
Hi, Ann,
This was such a great question. I know someone who needs a different wordprocessor until they can get MS Word again.
Someone suggested Google Docs. A month or two ago, I would not have recommended it. However, this was because I never had any luck with
it. I was wondering, what if someone is not always near a WI-FI connection, will Google Docs still work, or would another program work better? I'm just curious.
Sincerely,
Jasmine
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Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2020 2:59 AM
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Subject: Free word processors
Hi everyone,
With all the latest talk about Jarte, and how it may be going away eventually due to lack of development, I was wondering what other free
word processors work well with Jaws? How about Open Office or Libre Office?
Any other suggestions?
~Ann
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