Resources
DAT
The Document Accessibility Toolbar (DAT) from Vision Australia
is recommended by VDOE and approved by VITA for installing and making documents accessible. The DAT is a dedicated accessibility ribbon menu for Microsoft Word that makes it quicker and easier to create accessible documents. Read the User Guide for an overview, tooltips and keyboard commands.
Texas Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities: Accessible Documents Tutorials
The Texas Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities provides learning modules on making Microsoft Office documents accessible to people with disabilities. These modules were created by a multi-agency team of accessibility professionals.
Using the Accessibility CheckerWebAIM
The mission of WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind) is to expand the potential of the web for people with disabilities by providing the knowledge, technical skills, tools, organizational leadership strategies and vision that empower organizations to make their own content accessible to people with disabilities.
The following topics from WebAIM were not referenced in this guidance document, but are recommended:
The following topics from WebAIM were mentioned in this guidance document:
- Font Readability
- Creating & Editing Headings (Word 2010)
- Creating & Editing Headings (Word 2016)
- Creating Lists (Word 2010)
- Creating Lists (Word 2016)
- Creating Columns (Word 2010)
- Creating Columns (Word 2016)
- Editing Hyperlinks (Word 2010)
- Editing Hyperlinks (Word 2016)
- Visual Disabilities: Color-blindness
- Color Contrast
- Color Contrast Checker
- Alternative Text
- Alternative Text Blunders
- Adding Alternative Text (Word 2010)
- Adding Alternative Text (Word 2016)
- Creating Tables (Word 2010)
- Creating Tables (Word 2016)
- Creating Accessible Forms
- Using the Accessibility Checker (Word 2010)
- Using the Accessibility Checker (Word 2016)
- Keyboard Accessibility
- Keyboard Testing
Microsoft
The Microsoft Office Training Center provides guidance and training videos for their products.
The following topics from Microsoft were not referenced in this guidance document, but are recommended:
- Make your Word Documents Accessible
- Quick Reference Card: Create Accessible Word Documents (Word 2010)
- Office Accessibility Center – Resources for People with Disabilities (Word 2016)
- Create Accessible Documents Using Word 2016 Course Modules
- Find and Fix Accessibility Issues in Word 2016
- Use Alternative Text for Images and Objects
- Use Heading Styles to make your Document More Accessible
- Create Meaningful Hyperlinks that People Understand
- Use Meaningful File Names for Documents
- Structure Tables for Easy Navigation in Word
- Accessibility in Office 365
- Use the Accessibility Checker on your Windows Desktop to Find Accessibility Issues
The following topics were mentioned in this guidance document:
- Use Meaningful file names for documents (Word 2016) Training Video
- View or Change the Properties for an Office File
- Customize Language Features in Word 2013 and Later (Word 2013 and 2016)
- Set the Language on a Word 2007 Document in the Translation Management Library
- How-to Change the Font Size
- Change or Set the Default Font
- Using Outline View to Manage Headings & Arrange Text (Word 2013, 2016)
- Using Styles in Word (Word 2013) Training Video – Includes how to edit styles
- Apply heading styles and paragraph formatting to your document. (Word 2010) Training Video
- Use heading styles to make your document more accessible (Office 2016) Training Video
- Wrap Text In Word – Read Position a Picture in Line with Text section
- A few more tips for creating accessible documents (Creating meaningful hyperlinks) (Word 2010) Training Video
- Create meaningful hyperlinks that people understand (Word 2016) Training Video
- Create a Table of Contents (Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016)
- Create a Table of Contents or Update a Table of Contents (Word 2010)
- Delete a Table of Contents
- Create & Customize a Table of Contents (Word 1010) Training Video
- Introduction to Table of Content (Word 2013) Training Video
- Take Table of Contents to the Next Level (Word 2013) Training Video
- Advanced Tables of Contents (Word 2013) Training Video
- Change the Font Color (Color of Text)
- Change the Background or Color in Word 2016 for Windows
- Change the Font Color (Color of Text)
- Change the Background or Color in Word 2016 for Windows
- Add Alt Text to Images
- Add Alt Text to SmartArt Graphics
- Add Alt Text to Shapes
- Add Alt Text to Charts
- Add Alt Text to Tables
- Add alternative text to images, objects and tables (Word 2010) Training Video
- Use alternative text for images and object (Microsoft Word 2016) Training Video
- Structure layout tables for easy navigation (Word 2010) Training Video
- Structure tables for easy navigation in Word (Word 2016) Training Video
- Get Control of Page Numbers, Headers and Footers (Word 2010) Training Video
- Working with Watermarks (Word 2013) Training Video
- Find and fix accessibility issues in Word 2016 Training Video
- Rules for the Accessibility Checker