[orca-list] Need guidance on imported XLS

[Janina Sajka <janina freestandards org>]

The xls spread sheet contained within the .zip archive at:

http://www.jtc1access.org/documents/swga_242_User%20Needs%20Mapping%20v0.2.zip

is a product of the Special Working Group on Accessibility (SWG-A) in
JTC1.  The SWG-A believes this spread sheet is accessible, but I'm
having problems trying to use it with Orca. I'm wondering whether the
problem is with me or with my tools? I'd appreciate knowing whether my
continued effort to work directly with this document at this time is
premature, given the state of spread sheet support in Orca, or not. If
someone could take a look at this, I'd be most grateful.

1.)     Is there anything in the design of this xls that doesn't import
well into OpenOffice? If so, I may be able to get a change in the
source document.

2.)     Should I expect Orca will auto announce row and column headers
plus cell contents as I tab and shift-tab through this document? What
would be the short list of user commands I should try in order to access
read and write operations in this ss. If this question sounds like I'm
inexperienced with spread sheets--I will readily confess this is the
case.

3.)     System performance seems somewhat sluggish in this document on
my 1.03GhZ laptop with 1Gb RAM and its 5400 rpm IDE drive. Does that
sound right? Am I underpowered for this kind of work?

Thanks in advance for any help.







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