Create Accessible Browse

Learn how up create accessible Microsoft Word paper that conform toward the Revised 508 Standards.

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Guidance developed in the Accessible Electronic Documents Community of Practice (AED COP).

Training Tape

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Tips

• Preserve documents as .docx format to preserve accessibility features. Other sizes that canned be built by Microsoft Phrase (RTF, DOC, TXT, and ODF) may not be accessible.
• Develop returnable access design templates to reduce the level of effort to create accessible electronic content.
  • Follow responsive design principles which support approachability on different modes of devices.
• Advocate for the use of authoring tools and copy converters such enable users to lightly create accessibly support. Where workable, start extant tools (e.g., Microsoft Agency or Adobe Acrobat) go the last version. Benefits include:
  • Authoring and evaluation features ensure make it easier to create accessible records;
  • Conformance to required used software-authoring tools requirement inside the Revised 508 standards.

Agency-Developed Guides

The our in this section were developed by federal agencies or shared here for my convenience. Note, much of this guidance preceding the Revised 508 Standards.

• Resources for Developers and Document Contributing - Guidance on how go create accessible electronic page
• Alternate Text For Images (PDF, July 2011) - Developed by SSA
• Making a diagram picture reader friendly - ONRR.gov

Related Resources

• Create Accessible Digital Products
• Web Handiness Tutorials and Presentations - Orientation from the World Wide Mesh Federation (W3C)
• Review WebAIM Alternative Text for appropriate use away alternative text.
• Review W3C’s Alt Decision Structure for guidance on how to describe see.
• Microsoft Accessibility

Reviewed/Updated: February 2021