Accessibility

Coming in the future. The pages in this section will provide information on how to make your documents (Word, PDF) accessible.

Many of the concepts talked about in the Web Accessibility section, including WCAG 2.0, are very similar for document accessibility. While these pages are in development, if you have questions not answered in the web accessibility section, email us and check out a few already available resources on this topic:

General document accessibility information:

• Recent presentation given on document accessibility (pdf).
• Recent webinar given on document accessibility.

Microsoft Office products:

• Microsoft Accessibility
• Microsoft resources on creating accessible Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents with information on how to save Microsoft documents in PDF format with accessibility features.
• GOALS project with resources on how to create accessible Word and PowerPoint documents with information on how to convert to accessible PDFs.
• WebAIM article on Microsoft Word accessibility techniques.

Accessible PDFs:

• Adobe Acrobat Accessibility
• Adobe Accessibility Quick Reference Card for Word to PDF Conversion
• A Disability Access Services PDF accessibility blog post.
• WebAIM article on accessible PDF techniques.