Ann,
The cost of Microsoft 365 depends on whether you're purchasing it
for use at home or for a business. have a few choices.
Microsoft 365 Personal costs $69.99 per year and includes a
terabyte of OneDrive space which, for me, is a very attractive
benefit.
You can also purchase it on a monthly basis.
Office 365 Home costs $99.99 per year, also with an option to pay
by the month, and allows for up to six users, with each user
getting their own terabyte of storage on Onedrive.
I believe you also get 60 minutes of Skype calling per month but
I'm honestly not a Skype user and so I'm not in a position to
offer any feedback about that service.
As for bugs with JAWS I'll let others on the list address this.
This can depend on the version of JAWS you are using, any issues
which may have been introduced in any particular JAWS update as
well as unintended issues introduced in an Office update, which is
released on a monthly basis.
David Goldfield,
Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
JAWS Certified, 2019
On 9/4/2020 11:54 AM, Ann Foxworth
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Hello David
Thanks for starting this list.
What is the current cost of 365 and what
bugs have you seen with it around JAWS access? I¡¯m running
Windows 10 and JAWS 00. Currently, I have Office 016 and have
been pleased with it, for the most part, except after updates,
when things go wonky.
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Eileen,
As this is a list focusing on Microsoft Office products I'd
like to keep the discussion to your questions on Office and
not on other types of software.
Having said that I can assure you that Microsoft 365 as well
as Office 2019 allow you to store your documents on your local
hard drive. You are not forced to store them in the cloud if
you don't wish to do so. However, you can also save them to
your computer as well as to the cloud as a backup.
If you decide to go with Microsoft 365 you'll automatically
get Outlook, which will allow you to perform any email-related
task that you would ever want to complete.
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David Goldfield,
Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
JAWS Certified, 2019
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On 9/4/2020 11:05 AM, Eileen Scrivani via
groups.io wrote:
I have begun looking at new
computers since my current Windows computer is over 7
years old. I will be using Jaws so I¡¯m wondering about
what software will work best with Jaws on a new
Windows 10 system.
So for starters, I am a MS Word
user and am not sure if I need to be aware of any
issues with the latest version of Word. I¡¯m also not
thrilled with what I understand in newer versions of
Word of my personal documents being stored in the
cloud. I want to keep my documents on my computer
only. What should I buy so far as Word goes?
Second I am not sure what the best
email program for a jaws user is these days. I¡¯m still
using Windows Live Mail on my current system and know
its no longer supported. What is the best program for
all the basics of adding, deleting, & editing
contacts, sending & saving attachments, and of
course writing, editing and sending emails?
I¡¯m sure I¡¯ll think of other
questions as I continue looking at computer options.
Thanks in advance for your input.
