Creating Accessible Documents

The resource links listed below contain a plethora of information, tutorials, and checklists we hope you find helpful as you continue your quest to ensure that everyone can equally access the content within your electronic documents.

Creating Accessible Word Files

• Make your Word documents accessible to people with disabilities (Microsoft)
• Microsoft Word - Creating Accessible Documents (WebAIM)

PowerPoint (PPT) Accessibility

• How to Make Your Presentations Accessible to All (W3C Web Accessibility Initiative)
• PowerPoint Accessibility (WebAIM)
• Make your PowerPoint presentations accessible to people with disabilities (Microsoft)

PowerPoint Screen Reader Resources

• Accessibility support for PowerPoint (Microsoft)

Accessible PDF Creation

• Acrobat DC Tutorials (Adobe)
• PDF Accessibility - Defining PDF Accessibility (WebAIM)
• PDF Techniques for WCAG 2.1

PDF and Screen Reader Resources

• Cheat Sheet – Screen Reader Commands for JAWS, NVDA – PDF
• Using Adobe Acrobat Reader DC with NVDA screen reader
• PDF Files in Adobe Reader with JAWS and MAGic
• Reading PDF Documents on Mac with VoiceOver

Document Accessibility Testing Tools

Testing Microsoft Office Documents

• Improve accessibility with the Accessibility Checker (Microsoft)
• Word and PowerPoint Accessibility Evaluation Checklist (WebAIM)
• WebAIM Word and PowerPoint Accessibility Evaluation Checklist (downloadable PDF)

PDF Accessibility Testing and Remediation

• PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC 3) - Access for All Foundation - automated validation tool that checks for compliance with PDF Universal Accessibility (PDF/UA) standards.
• TaggedPDF.com - This site provides step by step instructions and sample videos on how to remediate any errors returned from the PAC 3 Accessibility Checker listed above.