Fw: [VICUG-L] Using MS Outlook shared Calendars and JAWS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stan Berman" <[email protected]>
To: "Eddie Montanez" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Using MS Outlook shared Calendars and JAWS


> Eddie, et al:
>
> I believe that Freedom Scientific's advice to Jeff Clark was not accurate
on
> JAWS support for shared calendars in Outlook.
>
>
> JAWS will support shared calendars as it does one's own.  The problem is
> finding the format that JAWS will work with best.
>
> I found only one format that worked for me when I worked at the US State
> Department where our group shared a calendar.  I forgot exactly what it
was
> called, but it is the one that
> simply shows the calendar items in a listing with one line for each
> appointment or commitment to the row.
>
> When I responded to Jeff Clark directly, I checked Outlook to see what the
> format is called.  It is the view called "Active Appointments".    So to
use
> it, go to the Outlook "View" menu and select "Current View".  In the
Current
> view , you probably have "day, week, month" checked.  Change that to
"Active
> Appointments".    This will give you the appointments in a list format
that
> you can read.  There may be a few situations that require using the JAWS
> cursor to get at certain elements.
>
> To enter a new appointment, go to the File menue and select new and the
> blank appointment template  will be generated.  Complete the form/template
> and save it.  You should be able to read everyone's appointments in this
> format regardless of how the other individuals have set their View.
>
> By the way, I used Office 2003 with JAWS 6.  JAWS 8 might be different.
>
>
> Stan
>


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