Creating Accessible Word Documents

Objectives for MS Word

  • Apply styles to format word documents to meet accessibility guidelines
  • Apply alternative text and captions to images
  • Format tables and hyperlinks to meet accessibility guidelines
  • Locate and use the Accessibility Checker in Microsoft Word

You will notice that in this section of the course we will be repeating all the best practices of what you used in the previous two modules, just using them in Word instead of Canvas. These include:

  • Headings
  • Alt Text
  • Hyperlinks
  • Tables
  • Accessibility Checker

Information on Accessibility Word for MAC

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Information on Accessibility Word  for PC

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Learn how to open and use the Accessibility Checker (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Improve Accessibility with alt text  (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Improve Accessibility with Heading Styles (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Create Accessible Links in Word (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Creating Accessible File Names (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Create Accessible Tables (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Creating Accessible Document Overview  (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Accessibility Checklist, Word 2016 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.