Creating an Accessible Document

As in the web environment, navigation and orientation are key tasks a screen reader user must perform in order to read a linked document. Not only must content be apparent to the screen reader, the user must have some way of getting to the relevant information in the document without reading the document front to back. If you follow a few basic steps when generating your documents is pretty straightforward.

Microsoft Word

Best practices when creating Microsoft Word documents to ensure maximum accessibility.

Microsoft Excel

Best practices when creating Microsoft Excel documents to ensure maximum accessibility.

Adobe PDF

Best practices when creating Adobe PDF documents to ensure maximum accessibility.

Forms

Best practices when creating forms documents to ensure maximum accessibility.