Can I Migrate Outlook Account Settings to a New Computer?
Hi. ? I’ve had an Office 365 subscription since 2016. I just acquired a new used laptop with Windows 11. I haven’t yet signed in using my Microsoft account. ? Once I do though, and run in the Office installer to grab the various applications, can I then migrate my Outlook settings, including my three email accounts, from my desktop to the new laptop? One account is from my ISP, and the other two are both Gmail. I’m hoping I can somehow back that up to the cloud from the PC, and retrieve it on the laptop, or perhaps copy a folder from one machine to the other, similar to how you can transfer Firefox profile s between machines? ? Thank you for any suggestions. ? Chris ? ? 73, Chris ?
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Re: A General Note about M365 and MS Office and its auto-update feature - Do not trust it to be timely in the way most others are . . .
I just tried here. I have an Office 365 subscription dating back to 2016 and it works fine. Alt F, D, R, U. ?
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Re: A General Note about M365 and MS Office and its auto-update feature - Do not trust it to be timely in the way most others are . . .
On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM, Governor staten wrote:
I've tried this combo in word, and it doesn't work at all.
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Then one of two things:
1. You're doing something wrong.
2. You're using a version of MS-Office that predates Office 2019 (possibly 2016)
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Alt + F? ? ?File Backstage View
D? ? ? ? ? ? ? Account
R? ? ? ? ? ? ? Update Options
U? ? ? ? ? ? ? Update now
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The sequence is present in the 365 versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook Classic.? I literally just checked in all four programs.? I believe that I used this same sequence in Office 2016, but no longer have that to test with.
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Brian? · ♂? · ???? · ?Virginia, USA?- Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100; M365 Family; Android 13 (Xiaomi HyperOS 1.0.10.0)
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Re: A General Note about M365 and MS Office and its auto-update feature - Do not trust it to be timely in the way most others are . . .
I've tried this combo in word, and it doesn't work at all.
On 1/14/2025 10:46 AM, Wayne23 via
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Thanks for that tip. I've
never known how to update Office except via the Store.
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Wayne Senior,
Dewsbury, England
On Tuesday, 14 January 2025 at 15:12:39 GMT, Brian Vogel
via groups.io <britechguy@...> wrote:
As
a general note when it comes to M365 or Office as a
whole, do not rely on its auto-update feature to keep
things 100% up to date in a timely manner.? It just
doesn't.? When you're having issues with either of
these it's worth trying a manual update (Alt + F, D,
R, U).? I know that I just did a manual update less
than a month ago, and triggering another now, it's
found another set of updates.? M365/Office both have
never been as "on top of things" with auto-update as
most programs that have that feature are.
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If
that doesn't work to fix an issue, then try ?
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These
are things that any screen reader user needs to
know, and sometimes neither works if there is a bug
in Office/M365 or the screen reader itself.? Also
there are plenty of times where the screen reader is
just ever so slightly behind schedule to match up
functionality with a published change by Microsoft.?
It's rare, but it happens, and those lags tend to
get fixed pretty promptly if they effect commonly
used features.
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Brian?
· ♂? · ???? · ?Virginia,
USA?- Windows
11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100; M365 Family; Android 13
(Xiaomi HyperOS 1.0.10.0)
It is much
easier to be critical than to be correct.
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~ Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881
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Wayne Senior
Latest stable versions of NVDA, JAWS and Narrator.
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Re: A General Note about M365 and MS Office and its auto-update feature - Do not trust it to be timely in the way most others are . . .
Thanks for that tip. I've never known how to update Office except via the Store.
| Wayne Senior, Dewsbury, England
On Tuesday, 14 January 2025 at 15:12:39 GMT, Brian Vogel via groups.io <britechguy@...> wrote:
As a general note when it comes to M365 or Office as a whole, do not rely on its auto-update feature to keep things 100% up to date in a timely manner.? It just doesn't.? When you're having issues with either of these it's worth trying a manual update (Alt + F, D, R, U).? I know that I just did a manual update less than a month ago, and triggering another now, it's found another set of updates.? M365/Office both have never been as "on top of things" with auto-update as most programs that have that feature are.
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If that doesn't work to fix an issue, then try ?
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These are things that any screen reader user needs to know, and sometimes neither works if there is a bug in Office/M365 or the screen reader itself.? Also there are plenty of times where the screen reader is just ever so slightly behind schedule to match up functionality with a published change by Microsoft.? It's rare, but it happens, and those lags tend to get fixed pretty promptly if they effect commonly used features.
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Brian? · ♂? · ???? · ?Virginia, USA?- Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100; M365 Family; Android 13 (Xiaomi HyperOS 1.0.10.0)
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
?????? ~ Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881
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Regards,
Wayne Senior
Latest stable versions of NVDA, JAWS and Narrator.
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A General Note about M365 and MS Office and its auto-update feature - Do not trust it to be timely in the way most others are . . .
As a general note when it comes to M365 or Office as a whole, do not rely on its auto-update feature to keep things 100% up to date in a timely manner.? It just doesn't.? When you're having issues with either of these it's worth trying a manual update (Alt + F, D, R, U).? I know that I just did a manual update less than a month ago, and triggering another now, it's found another set of updates.? M365/Office both have never been as "on top of things" with auto-update as most programs that have that feature are.
?
If that doesn't work to fix an issue, then try ?
?
These are things that any screen reader user needs to know, and sometimes neither works if there is a bug in Office/M365 or the screen reader itself.? Also there are plenty of times where the screen reader is just ever so slightly behind schedule to match up functionality with a published change by Microsoft.? It's rare, but it happens, and those lags tend to get fixed pretty promptly if they effect commonly used features.
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Brian? · ♂? · ???? · ?Virginia, USA?- Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100; M365 Family; Android 13 (Xiaomi HyperOS 1.0.10.0)
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
?????? ~ Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881
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Re: JAWS Locking up when I open some messages
I often see this with messages that have tracking pixels in their headers to let the sender know that you have opened their email. It can really delay
the opening and reading of a message. When that happens to me, the fan in the computer speeds up and gets louder, and it is a total pain to wait for.
I can’t guarantee that this is the issue, but it is possible.
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Don
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Re: JAWS Locking up when I open some messages
This usually happens when there are a lot of visuals in the message. It is a problem that blows hot and cold for me. Currently I am not getting any trouble from JAWS, which performs better than the rest with these emails.
I've noticed there is another kind of email where this happens with both JAWS and NVDA but not Narrator. It can happen in emails where somebody has shared a video with you.
| Wayne Senior, Dewsbury, England
On Tuesday, 14 January 2025 at 09:09:27 GMT, Susan Thompson via groups.io <susanjthompson@...> wrote:
HI all, ? I’ve particularly noticed this recently – it seems like since recent versions of JAWS 2025. It is also hard as it is to find a pattern. but acknowledging Brian’s valid comment, I’ve not tried it with NVDA or Narrator, but it seems so intermittent that if I go to one when it happens, I’m not sure it would replicate and I don’t want to have to use those screen readers very long to see if it might happen. ? I realize this is possibly at the risk of not solving the problem, But I might see if when it happens it is a more complex email structure, I didn’t think of that. Regards Susan ? ?
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Katrina Anderson via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 5:09 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [M365-Accessibility] JAWS Locking up when I open some messages ? This has been an ongoing problem (that I and numerous others have experienced) for months/years.? I’ve tried many things to resolve the problem, but to no avail.? Unsure if I previously reported the issue to Vispero, I decided to do it now…just sent a report about the frequent silences after opening certain messages in Outlook, and also inquired about Outlook locking up/freezing; typically requiring the program to be removed from the Task Manager.? JAWS may not have anything to do with it, but couldn’t hurt to ask. ? Katrina ? ? I Have experienced this as well, seemingly on long messages with lots of content, eventually it does come back though. ? ? ? Have you had the same issue when using either NVDA or Narrator for the same messages?? That is a first pass diagnostic to decide whether the fault lies with the JAWS screen reader versus Outlook 365. If you can't replicate with a different screen reader (or even if you can) this needs to be reported to Vispero/FS Support.? They'd need to know if it's only happening with JAWS, or with JAWS and any other screen reader or screen readers. Brian? · ♂? · ???? · ?Virginia, USA?- Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100; M365 Family; Android 13 (Xiaomi HyperOS 1.0.10.0) It is much easier to be critical than to be correct. ?????? ~ Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881
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Wayne Senior
Latest stable versions of NVDA, JAWS and Narrator.
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Re: JAWS Locking up when I open some messages
HI all, ? I’ve particularly noticed this recently – it seems like since recent versions of JAWS 2025. It is also hard as it is to find a pattern. but acknowledging Brian’s valid comment, I’ve not tried it with NVDA or Narrator, but it seems so intermittent that if I go to one when it happens, I’m not sure it would replicate and I don’t want to have to use those screen readers very long to see if it might happen. ? I realize this is possibly at the risk of not solving the problem, But I might see if when it happens it is a more complex email structure, I didn’t think of that. Regards Susan ? ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Katrina Anderson via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 5:09 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [M365-Accessibility] JAWS Locking up when I open some messages? This has been an ongoing problem (that I and numerous others have experienced) for months/years.? I’ve tried many things to resolve the problem, but to no avail.? Unsure if I previously reported the issue to Vispero, I decided to do it now…just sent a report about the frequent silences after opening certain messages in Outlook, and also inquired about Outlook locking up/freezing; typically requiring the program to be removed from the Task Manager.? JAWS may not have anything to do with it, but couldn’t hurt to ask. ? Katrina ? ? I Have experienced this as well, seemingly on long messages with lots of content, eventually it does come back though. ? ? ? Have you had the same issue when using either NVDA or Narrator for the same messages?? That is a first pass diagnostic to decide whether the fault lies with the JAWS screen reader versus Outlook 365. If you can't replicate with a different screen reader (or even if you can) this needs to be reported to Vispero/FS Support.? They'd need to know if it's only happening with JAWS, or with JAWS and any other screen reader or screen readers. Brian? · ♂? · ???? · ?Virginia, USA?- Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100; M365 Family; Android 13 (Xiaomi HyperOS 1.0.10.0) It is much easier to be critical than to be correct. ?????? ~ Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881
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Re: JAWS Locking up when I open some messages
This has been an ongoing problem (that I and numerous others have experienced) for months/years.? I’ve tried many things to resolve the problem, but to no avail.? Unsure if I previously reported the issue to Vispero, I decided to do it now…just sent a report about the frequent silences after opening certain messages in Outlook, and also inquired about Outlook locking up/freezing; typically requiring the program to be removed from the Task Manager.? JAWS may not have anything to do with it, but couldn’t hurt to ask. ? Katrina ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Steven Hicks via groups.io
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2025 11:17 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [M365-Accessibility] JAWS Locking up when I open some messages? I Have experienced this as well, seemingly on long messages with lots of content, eventually it does come back though. ? ? ? Have you had the same issue when using either NVDA or Narrator for the same messages?? That is a first pass diagnostic to decide whether the fault lies with the JAWS screen reader versus Outlook 365. If you can't replicate with a different screen reader (or even if you can) this needs to be reported to Vispero/FS Support.? They'd need to know if it's only happening with JAWS, or with JAWS and any other screen reader or screen readers. Brian? · ♂? · ???? · ?Virginia, USA?- Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100; M365 Family; Android 13 (Xiaomi HyperOS 1.0.10.0) It is much easier to be critical than to be correct. ?????? ~ Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881
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This is common on TopTechTidbits and the other newsletters MindVault sends out.? I’ll have to try this with NVDA and Narrator to see if it’s an Outlook issue. ? ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Steven Hicks via groups.io
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2025 11:17 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [M365-Accessibility] JAWS Locking up when I open some messages? I Have experienced this as well, seemingly on long messages with lots of content, eventually it does come back though. ? ? ? Have you had the same issue when using either NVDA or Narrator for the same messages?? That is a first pass diagnostic to decide whether the fault lies with the JAWS screen reader versus Outlook 365. If you can't replicate with a different screen reader (or even if you can) this needs to be reported to Vispero/FS Support.? They'd need to know if it's only happening with JAWS, or with JAWS and any other screen reader or screen readers. Brian? · ♂? · ???? · ?Virginia, USA?- Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100; M365 Family; Android 13 (Xiaomi HyperOS 1.0.10.0) It is much easier to be critical than to be correct. ?????? ~ Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881
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I have seen the same issue here. Haylie ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel via groups.io
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2025 11:16 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [M365-Accessibility] JAWS Locking up when I open some messages? Have you had the same issue when using either NVDA or Narrator for the same messages?? That is a first pass diagnostic to decide whether the fault lies with the JAWS screen reader versus Outlook 365. If you can't replicate with a different screen reader (or even if you can) this needs to be reported to Vispero/FS Support.? They'd need to know if it's only happening with JAWS, or with JAWS and any other screen reader or screen readers. Brian? · ♂? · ???? · ?Virginia, USA?- Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100; M365 Family; Android 13 (Xiaomi HyperOS 1.0.10.0) It is much easier to be critical than to be correct. ?????? ~ Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881
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I Have experienced this as well, seemingly on long messages with lots of content, eventually it does come back though.
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
On Behalf Of Brian Vogel via groups.io
Sent: 14 January 2025 04:16
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [M365-Accessibility] JAWS Locking up when I open some messages
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Have you had the same issue when using either NVDA or Narrator for the same messages?? That is a first pass diagnostic to decide whether the fault lies with the JAWS screen reader versus Outlook 365.
If you can't replicate with a different screen reader (or even if you can) this needs to be reported to Vispero/FS Support.? They'd need to know if it's only happening with JAWS, or with JAWS and any other screen reader or screen readers.
Brian?
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Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100; M365 Family;
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Re: JAWS Locking up when I open some messages
Have you had the same issue when using either NVDA or Narrator for the same messages?? That is a first pass diagnostic to decide whether the fault lies with the JAWS screen reader versus Outlook 365.
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If you can't replicate with a different screen reader (or even if you can) this needs to be reported to Vispero/FS Support.? They'd need to know if it's only happening with JAWS, or with JAWS and any other screen reader or screen readers.
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Brian? · ♂? · ???? · ?Virginia, USA?- Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100; M365 Family; Android 13 (Xiaomi HyperOS 1.0.10.0)
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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Re: JAWS Locking up when I open some messages
Hi John
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Yes it is happening for me too both on Windows 10 at work and Windows 11 at home in Outlook 365. Really frustrating so I hope someone has a fix for it.
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JAWS Locking up when I open some messages
When I open some messages in Outlook-365 JAWS completely locks up. I can’t navigate through the message and JAWS stops talking. This happens with messages which have a lot of links or apparently have mor complex structures. For example, I got a message about an upcoming from my Amazon subscribe and save . When I tried opening the message JAWS locked up. JAWS did finally speak, but when I tried arrowing down the message JAWS locked dup again. Is anyone else having this issue? Anyone got a fix? I’m using the latest JAWS and Outlook-365. I just upgraded to Windows-11, but this also happened on Windows-10. Thanks John
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Re: Issue with Outlook-365, JAWS and Windows-11
I actually find it more annoying when things like this are posted on screen-reader lists. This has absolutely nothing to do with JAWS. It's an Outlook problem. I wish moderators of screen-reader lists would take action to stop people posting things that are not about the screen-readers. This is the correct group for problems to do with Outlook.
| Wayne Senior, Dewsbury, England
On Sunday, 12 January 2025 at 19:24:50 GMT, Brian Vogel via groups.io <britechguy@...> wrote:
John,
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Curtis Chong has already answered your question on the JFW Users group in message #30650. ?
In the future, I would kindly ask that you do not multi-post the same question here that you are asking elsewhere until you have given sufficient time to see if someone's going to answer.? The following applies to email lists/groups every bit as much as it does to strictly online forums: ?
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. . . too many colleges are beginning to look like country clubs that happen to teach stuff, not educational institutions that happen to have a gym.
????? ~ Bret Stephens, in New York Times Op-Ed, , June 18, 2019
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Wayne Senior
Latest stable versions of NVDA, JAWS and Narrator.
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Re: Issue with Outlook-365, JAWS and Windows-11
On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 05:58 PM, janet gross wrote:
This method you are describing will save emails or attachments to the Computer, is this right?
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Janet,
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Since Ann has not replied, I'll jump in.? What she mentioned applies only to Microsoft Word and its save functionality, at least as written, which is using Alt + F, T, S, to get to the Word Options Save pane, and then checking the checkbox for "Save to computer by default."
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When you go to save an attachment or attachments in a message, you should get the standard "Save As" dialog for individual messages, where you pick the Save location, and if you choose to Save All Attachments, you get what is essentially a modified Save As dialog after a dialog that presents you with a short list of all the attachments on the message.? You have to pick the folder where you want all the attachments saved or create a new one where they will be placed.
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Brian? · ♂? · ???? · ?Virginia, USA?- Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100; M365 Family; Android 13 (Xiaomi HyperOS 1.0.10.0)
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
?????? ~ Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881
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Re: Issue with Outlook-365, JAWS and Windows-11
Oh I forgot!!!! End of discussion!!! ? ? Please advise as you like. ? Mike M. ? Mike mcglashon AD9CA Email: Michael.mcglashon@... Ph: 618 783 9331 ?
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Subject: Re: [M365-Accessibility] Issue with Outlook-365, JAWS and Windows-11? On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 04:00 PM, mike mcglashon wrote: This is a absolutely unreasonable and unrealistic request.
Well, Mike, its a common one, and one made by a member of group admin, me, as I am a moderator here.? I expect this convention to be followed, and for precisely the reasons outlined in the linked article. If one wants to cross-post, there is a right way to do it.? Posting the same question at the same time on multiple venues where none of them have any idea that it appears elsewhere isn't that way.? Period. End of sentence. End of discussion.? It will not be tolerated as general practice and when I see it occur it will be called out. What's unrealistic is your belief that there is not a ton of overlap between the membership of the various blind-centric tech support groups.? That overlap is huge, which makes the appearance of the same question in multiple places an annoyance in other ways, too. Brian? · ♂? · ???? · ?Virginia, USA?- Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100; M365 Family; Android 13 (Xiaomi HyperOS 1.0.10.0) . . . too many colleges are beginning to look like country clubs that happen to teach stuff, not educational institutions that happen to have a gym. ????? ~ Bret Stephens, in New York Times Op-Ed, , June 18, 2019
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Stomp!!! Stomp!!!! Flail!!!! Flail!!!! See guys he is a awesome moderator. ? ? Please advise as you like. ? Mike M. ? Mike mcglashon AD9CA Email: Michael.mcglashon@... Ph: 618 783 9331 ?
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Subject: Re: [M365-Accessibility] Issue with Outlook-365, JAWS and Windows-11? On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 04:00 PM, mike mcglashon wrote: This is a absolutely unreasonable and unrealistic request.
Well, Mike, its a common one, and one made by a member of group admin, me, as I am a moderator here.? I expect this convention to be followed, and for precisely the reasons outlined in the linked article. If one wants to cross-post, there is a right way to do it.? Posting the same question at the same time on multiple venues where none of them have any idea that it appears elsewhere isn't that way.? Period. End of sentence. End of discussion.? It will not be tolerated as general practice and when I see it occur it will be called out. What's unrealistic is your belief that there is not a ton of overlap between the membership of the various blind-centric tech support groups.? That overlap is huge, which makes the appearance of the same question in multiple places an annoyance in other ways, too. Brian? · ♂? · ???? · ?Virginia, USA?- Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100; M365 Family; Android 13 (Xiaomi HyperOS 1.0.10.0) . . . too many colleges are beginning to look like country clubs that happen to teach stuff, not educational institutions that happen to have a gym. ????? ~ Bret Stephens, in New York Times Op-Ed, , June 18, 2019
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