Quick Start Workshop: Make Your MS Word Documents Accessible
- Event Type
- Conference/Workshop
- Sponsor
- Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL)
- Virtual
- Join online
- Date
- Dec 11, 2025 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Speaker
- Dan Hahn
- Registration
- Registration is required. Please click here to register
- Contact
- Marc Thompson
- thompso1@illinois.edu
- Views
- 117
- Originating Calendar
- Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning
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.