Re: [orca-list] OT: OpenOffice

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Thanks Steve!  You can read more about the GNOME WIKI here: 
http://live.gnome.org/GnomeLiveWiki

Will

Steve Holmes wrote:
> I would be willing to.  However, I have never updated wikis before.  Is 
> there a quick jump start to managing wikis I can look at so I can do 
> this with minimal time spent?
>
> Willie Walker wrote:
> > Darn - http://live.gnome.org/Orca/OpenOffice is out of date.  Can 
> > someone volunteer to update it please?
> >
> > In any case, Orca has keybindings for setting the column and row 
> > headers in a spreadsheet.  When OpenOffice has focus, press 
> > Ctrl+Insert+Space (or Ctrl+Caps_Lock+Space with the laptop layout) to 
> > bring up the OpenOffice specific preferences dialog.  Go to the 
> > "Keybindings" tab. You'll find a "soffice" area where OpenOffice 
> > specific keystrokes are defined.
> >
> > Will
> >
> > Steve Holmes wrote:
> > > I'm not at my Gnome box right now but I thought there was a couple 
> > > keys to set the current row and column as headers and from there on, 
> > > be spoken.  Sorry to be so rusty about it but I haven't played that 
> > > much with OO Calc for some time now.  Look into the OO specific 
> > > configuration of Orca and see if there's anything like I described.  
> > > If not, then my bad <sigh>.
> > >
> > > Rich Caloggero wrote:
> > > > Ya, I get the row and column info, but no header info. It'll say: b3 
> > > > or g9, but will not read out the contents of the row or column 
> > > > header cell.
> > > >
> > > > -- Rich
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Holmes" 
> > > > <steve holmes88 gmail com>
> > > > To: <orca-list gnome org>
> > > > Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:49 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [orca-list] OT: OpenOffice
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > > > I can't say anything about question #1 but for question #2, I thought
> > > > > I was hearing row and column information the last time I was in a
> > > > > spreadsheet.  I need to get back in there and play more with it.  I
> > > > > have a few plans where I may be using OO Calc a lot more in the near
> > > > > future.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 05:11:29PM -0400, Rich Caloggero wrote:
> > > > > > Just a couple quick questions:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1. Is there a way of hearing what style a particular chunk uses: 
> > > > > > i.e. if I
> > > > > > apply a heading1 style to my document title, can I get Orca to 
> > > > > > tell me that
> > > > > > its a heading?  If I use orca+f I can see that its got a larger 
> > > > > > bolded font,
> > > > > > but I'd like to know what style its using.  This is particularly 
> > > > > > helpful
> > > > > > when trying to create accessible PDF documents. OpenOffice does a 
> > > > > > much
> > > > > > better job than just about anything else out there, freeing the 
> > > > > > author from
> > > > > > the need to purchase Acrobat and tag the silly thing by hand. 
> > > > > > However, if we
> > > > > > can't get accurate style info, then document preparation will be more
> > > > > > difficult for those using screen readers.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 2. Any plans to add the ability to speak row/column headings in the
> > > > > > spreadsheet? I do see an option to turn the announcement of cell 
> > > > > > coordinates
> > > > > > on/off, but nothing about headers.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanx much in advance.
> > > > > > -- Rich
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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