Re: [Fed-Talk] Accessibility of SharePoint and Blackboard on a Mac
Re: [Fed-Talk] Accessibility of SharePoint and Blackboard on a Mac
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Accessibility of SharePoint and Blackboard on a Mac
- From: "Villano, Paul Mr CIV USA TRADOC" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:37:05 -0400
- Priority: normal
Thanks! So are you saying all of the accessibility options available on the Mac (larger fonts, screen reader, etc.) will work?
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan O'Donnell <email@hidden>
Date: Thursday, July 8, 2010 11:38
Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Accessibility of SharePoint and Blackboard on a Mac
To: "Nichols, Jared" <email@hidden>, "Villano, Paul Mr CIV USA TRADOC" <email@hidden>, "email@hidden" <email@hidden>
> SharePoint 2007 is best accessed from a Mac with any browser (Safari,
> Firefox, etc) and with Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac. The
> enterprise version
> of Office 2008 has a small application called Microsoft Document
> Connectionthat specifically works with (and only with) SharePoint
> to allow you to open
> Office documents directly from the SharePoint server.
>
> Actually, DC allows you to view, open, lock, check out, check in
> and upload
> Word, Excel, PowerPoint (and maybe more) documents from the SharePoint
> server.
>
> See "Working with SharePoint sites and Office Live Workspace by using
> Document Connection for Mac" at:
> <http://www.microsoft.com/mac/itpros/default.mspx?CTT=PageView&app=ag&target
> =36ae43a9-5dd3-49ab-a304-ca4d5feb66ee1033>
>
>
> Blackboard works with any browser, any platform. (Assuming the Blackboard
> you'll be using is the same product I used.)
>
>
>
>
> On 7/8/10 5:39 AM, "Nichols, Jared" < wrote:
>
> > The latest Sharepoint is better, thought still not where it is on Windows
> > using IE. The forthcoming version of Office is supposed to have much
> > better Sharepoint integration as well.
> >
> > I don't have any Blackboard experience unfortunately.
> >
> > Good luck!
> > --
> > Jared F. Nichols
> > Desktop Engineer, Client Services
> > Information Services Department
> > MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> > 244 Wood Street
> > Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
> > 781.981.5436
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 7/8/10 8:22 AM, "Villano, Paul Mr CIV USA TRADOC"
> > < wrote:
> >
> >> I have been told that my duties will soon change and I will be working a
> >> lot more on SharePoint and Blackboard. As I've mentioned before I have
> >> vision issues (ironically this might get me the Macbook Pro off of the
> >> network I've been asking for!). Are SharePoint and Blackboard
> >> accessible? If so, how? Has anyone used them with a Mac?
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