Also, if you are used to using F12 to save as, you can also use control+f12 to directly open an open dialog. If you check "Don't show the backstage when opening or saving files", in the "Save" options, you can use control+o to open or control+s to save (a previously unsaved file).
On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 5:19 AM, Gene <gsasner@...> wrote:
Alt F A has been around in programs at least as far
back as Windows 95. I noted with interest, when I learned about ribbons,
that the ribbon menu was set up to preserve this command. I don't use Word
so I can't evaluate Back Stage View.
Gene
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On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 09:39 am, Gene wrote:
If that is so, it would at least be useful, from what I've read,
for blind users to know how to either stop it from coming up when saving files
or how to dismiss it efficiently when it does come up. Gene, the
link I gave includes the information about how you can keep backstage view from
coming up when you use CTRL+O to open a file or F12 to Save As. That's the
most one can do.
I've been teaching folks how to use the File tab, as it
comes (which is the backstage view), for years now and it does not seem to be
problematic. It's a matter, in many cases, of resistance to change.
I cannot believe I am still hearing rants about the ribbon interface more
than 10 years after its introduction. It isn't going away and it is up to
end users, sighted or blind, to learn how to use it effectively whether they
like it or not (and, for the record, I preferred menus myself).
It is my
custom to teach keyboard shortcuts for pretty much any commonly used function in
any given Office program. Alt+F, followed by the correct character for
Save (S), Save As (A), Open (O), etc., etc., etc., hasn't changed in a very long
time and is, if memory serves, unchanged from the era of the File Menu, but I
could be wrong about that. Since Word 2003 was the last version that used
menus it's now not even in the mists of my memory. I've gotta keep up and
try my darndest to do so.
By the way, none of the above is aimed at you,
personally, but is a broad observation. I would hope that doesn't even
need to be said, but just in case.
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