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Accessibility - Links from Marquette

Here are some resources that may be useful to you:

• Marquette accessibility resources http://www.marquette.edu/accessible-technology/resources.php
• Support.office.com resources:
o Word https://support.office.com/en-us/article/make-your-word-documents-accessible-to-people-with-disabilities-d9bf3683-87ac-47ea-b91a-78dcacb3c66d
• We may not have time to review this today, but much of what you learned about making Word documents accessible applies for PowerPoint and Excel.
o PowerPoint https://support.office.com/en-us/article/make-your-powerpoint-presentations-accessible-to-people-with-disabilities-6f7772b2-2f33-4bd2-8ca7-dae3b2b3ef25
 In addition to the principles you learned about making a Word document accessible, some things to pay attention to for PowerPoint slide shows include:
• Give every slide a unique title
• Set the reading order for objects on a slide https://support.office.com/en-us/article/make-your-powerpoint-presentations-accessible-to-people-with-disabilities-6f7772b2-2f33-4bd2-8ca7-dae3b2b3ef25#bkmk_winreadingorder
• Pay attention to the font size you use – don’t add too much text to one slide
• Video clips need captions
o Excel Documents https://support.office.com/en-us/article/make-your-excel-documents-accessible-to-people-with-disabilities-6cc05fc5-1314-48b5-8eb3-683e49b3e593#picktab=windows
 have unique names for each sheet tab
 Use headers for your tables
 Add alt text to charts and Pivot tables
• Additional Resources:
o Check accessibility of a document http://checkers.eiii.eu/en/pdfcheck/
o Alt text basics http://webaim.org/techniques/alttext/#basics
o HHS.gov – Creating an Accessible Word Document https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/making-files-accessible/create-accessible-pdfs/step-2/index.html
o http://accessibility.psu.edu/microsoftoffice/microsoftword/
o Color Contrast Checker at http://www.ssbbartgroup.com/reference/color-contrast-checker/
o Online tool to check PDF accessibility http://checkers.eiii.eu/en/pdfcheck/


last updated july 2019