Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning

Quick Start Workshop: Make Your MS Word Documents Accessible

Event Type

Conference/Workshop

Sponsor

Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL)

Date

Oct 29, 2024   3:00 - 4:00 pm  

Speaker

Marc Thompson

Registration

Registration is required. Please click here to register

Contact

Marc Thompson

E-Mail

thompso1@illinois.edu

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Get up to speed quickly on making your Microsoft Word documents accessible for everyone while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll start with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in Word and then jump right into practice.

You’ll learn how to:

• Use the Styles tool to create a clean, navigable document structure
• Write effective alt text for images and charts, ensure readable color contrast and design accessible tables and links
• Use the MS Word Accessibility Checker to find and fix common issues 

By the end of this session, you’ll be ready to create inclusive documents for all.
Note: If you would like to learn how to convert the accessible Word document you create in this session into accessible PDF format, join the Quick Start: Make Your PDF Documents Accessible workshop this Wednesday, October 30.