Microsoft Word is said to be one of the best applications for making accessible documents, but how true is that claim? There are a lot of practices that designers use that set them back while working within Word. Join Chad Chelius and Dax Castro as they talk about some of the most common issues document creators encounter when working within this application, best rules to follow to avoid those issues, and how to remediate your document when issues arise.
Listen in and learn why you should use caution with templates, missing or artifact document covers within the header, title tags versus H1 tags, accessible links in the footer, how to turn off auto-generated alt-text, bulleted lists and 2 column layouts, creating an automated table of contents, and layout tables.
Episode Resources:
- How does my Bulleted List Sound Document
- Learn More about axesWord Demonstration
- Creating Accessible Dot Leaders By Chad Chelius
- Are Track Changes Accessible? By Dax Castro
Time Stamps
- 0:00 - Introduction
- 2:13 - Introducing the Topic
- 3:03 - Using Caution with Pre-Built Templates
- 5:15 - Document Cover and Headers
- 7:35 - Title Tag Versus H1 Tag
- 13:11 - Accessible Links in the Footer
- 20:04 - How to turn off Auto-generated Alt-text
- 25:05 - Bulleted Lists and 2 Column Layouts
- 29:22 - Manual Table of Contents
- 35:13 - Layout Tables
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