Creating accessible Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, by Lynda.com (4 videos x 3 minutes)Ensure that everyone can access, use, and benefit from your Microsoft Office documents by implementing these accessibility best practices from David Rivers. This course first explains what accessibility is, why it's important, and what makes a file difficult to access. Then David provides some document standards, guidelines, and tips before launching into specifics in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. See how to use the Accessibility Checker to locate accessibility issues quickly in each application, and find out how to make elements such as text, images, tables, and objects accessible to all. The course also covers using text-to-speech functionality, adding alt text to describe graphics and images, and manipulating object order for screen readers.
