Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University strives to make every document used on its website or in any communications (e.g. newsletters and eNews emails) meets Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1.
This page provides an overview and resources for ensuring your Microsoft Office documents (Word, PowerPoint and Excel) are accessible.
Whether you are working on a Word document or preparing a PowerPoint for a lecture, these are common elements you will need to address.
Accessibility experts at WebAIM have extensive documentation on how to create and test Microsoft Office documents with accessibility in mind. Use the links below to explore their tutorials.
When sharing Word or PowerPoint presentations, it is recommended to convert them the a PDF first. Once the document has been converted, you will need to test the PDF for accessibility.
Learn how to use TerminalFour (T4) to upload and post documents to your webpages.