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Creating Accessible Microsoft Word Documents

Below you will find links to various resources and tools that can assist you with creating accessible Microsoft Word documents.

Resources

Authoring Techniques for Accessible Office Documents: Microsoft Word 2010, provided by Accessible Digital Office Document (ADOD) Project
Creating Accessible Word Documents using Word 2010 for Windows, provided by Queen's University Accessibility Hub
Creating Accessible Word Documents using Word 2011 for Mac, provided by Queen's University Accessibility Hub
Accessible Word Document Checklist, provided by Queen's University Accessibility Hub
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/office2013/
Office 2010 Accessibility Tutorials, provided by Microsoft Accessbility
Office 2013 Accessibility Tutorials, provided by Microsoft Accessbility
Creating accessible Word documents, provided by Microsoft Office

Videos

Find and fix accessibility issues in Word 2010, provided by Microsoft Accessibility

Tools

Using the Accessibility Checker in Word, provided by Microsoft Office
How to understand the accessibility checker in Word, provided by SSA
How to check color and contrast, provided by the Paciello Group (downloadable tool)

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Videos

Creating Accessible Word Documents, provided by Algonguin College Accessibility Office

Creating Accessible PDF from a Word Document, provided by Algonquin College Accessibility Office