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  • New free add-ins boost accessibility for Office 2010

    17 Mar 2011
    Do you know anyone with hearing, sight, or reading disabilities? The public beta starts today for two add-ins that help make Office documents more accessible: STAMP and DAISY: STAMP, the Subtitling Add-In for Microsoft PowerPoint, lets you add closed captions to the video and audio files in your PowerPoint...

  • What can you do with Office Web Apps?

    30 Jul 2010
    With anything new, we want to see great ways of using them. Inside Windows Live blogger Omar Shahine gives a compelling look at the how Office Web Apps can help a group of folks plan a vacation. Why do I know it’s a solid, realistic scenario? I ‘m doing this myself. For a trip to Boston,...

  • President Clinton to Microsoft Partners at WPC: Step up to help the world

    14 Jul 2010
    There's some internal buzz--good buzz--about former President Bill Clinton's challenge to the tech world at this week's WPC in Washington, D.C. In his keynote talk "Embracing our Common Humanity," Clinton drew the crowd's attention from beating the competition to saving the world, starting with countries...

  • New accessibility tools in Word 2010: Day 7 of 10 MVPs on Office 2010

    20 May 2010
    The following guest post by Word MVP Karen McCall is part of the MVP Award Program Blog' s "10 Days for Office 2010" series. My name is Karen McCall and I am an MVP for Word. I have a disability and use the JAWS screen reader to access information on my computer. Sometimes I use the on-board Magnifier...

  • Lots of Office Team Blog Updates!

    12 Mar 2010
    It’s been a busy few weeks for many Office product team blogs so we wanted to take a step back and highlight some recent posts you might be interested in. Over on the SharePoint Team Blog Tim McConnell made a post discussing the core accessibility investments Read More...

  • Returning veterans: jobs, education, and community with social networking

    23 Sep 2009
    Dear veterans, job-seekers, and veteran students, The people returning from duty in Iraq and Afghanistan are looking for opportunities for jobs and education. They're also seeking to re-integrate into mainstream society. With social networking, there are many ways to feel understood, appreciated, and...

  • Accessibility features make all of us less crabby

    23 Apr 2009
    By the Crabby Office Lady Everyone sees, hears, feels, and maneuvers around the world differently. Accessibility features exist to help those of us with less than perfect vision, hearing, or dexterity. Very few of us have 20/20 vision, perfect hearing, and 100-percent use of every single part of our...