Making sure your documents are accessible supports people with disabilities who may also use assistive technologies. It also makes the document more usable for everyone. In this tutorial, we'll review ...

Creating accessible documents is essential to ensure that all users, including those with disabilities can access and understand your content. Whether you are working with PDFs, Word documents or ...

A limited number of font styles are used. Simple fonts are used (e.g., Verdana, Arial, or Times New Roman) There is adequate spacing between lines and characters (so that lines and letters are not ...

Imagine that you have shown up for an important meeting at a massive building you have never visited before. You enter the front door to find eight identical hallways branching off a circular lobby.

If you share your document as a PDF file, it is important that you correctly export your document from Word in a way that preserves all of the accessibility information you’ve built into your document ...

Headings are used to organize documents. Individuals using screen readers or the Braille system can navigate through the document's structure by moving from header to header. Header styles must be ...

While sighted users can scan a page for large or bold text to identify headings, non-sighted users who rely on screen readers miss these visual cues. Adding section heading styles to your documents ...

There is a newer resource on Understanding Accessible PDFs that is the current official summary of our knowledge and services around PDF accessibility. It is usually overall more accessible to make ...

Creating a PDF from Microsoft Word begins with creating an accessible Word document. Prior to conversion, run the Microsoft Word accessibility checker to ensure the document is free of accessibility ...

Follow these steps to create Microsoft Word documents that are accessible for people with disabilities and for people who use assistive technology — and more usable for everyone. Assistive technology ...

University Marketing and Communications offers branded Word and PowerPoint templates through WebDAM. Looking for templates for something outside of Case Western Reserve? Check Microsoft's accessible ...