Accessibility – Microsoft Office

Accessibility: Microsoft Office

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Use the links below for help in creating accessible documents.

Important Reminders

All Microsoft Office products have a built in accessibility checker. After you have created your content, learn how to Improve Accessibility with the Accessibility Checker (Microsoft).

Regardless of what you are creating it in, all content needs to also meet the accessibility requirements for images, captions, color and contrast.

Microsoft Word Documents

• How to make an accessible document in Microsoft Word
• Creating accessible Word documents (Las Positas College)
• Accessible Word documents (WebAIM)

Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations

• PDF guide to Guide to Creating Accessible PPTs(Bowling Green State University)
• Accessible Documents: PowerPoint (WebAIM)
• Make your PowerPoints accessible to people with disabilities (Microsoft)
• Creating Accessible PowerPoint Presentations (Las Positas College)
• How to author and test PowerPoint Presentations for Accessibility (Section 508.gov) – video series

Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets

• Make Excel documents accessible to people with disabilities
• Creating accessible Spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel (Highline College)
• Digital accessibility: Excel (Michigan State University)
• How to make an accessible spreadsheet in Excel (Section 508.gov) – video series

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