Document accessibility - Additional resources

Word

Refer to the Guide to create accessible Word docs.

• Office Accessibility Center - Resources for people with disabilities
• Microsoft Support: Accessibility Checker
• Microsoft Support: Rules for the Accessibility Checker
• Microsoft Support: Accessible Hyperlinks
• Microsoft Support: Creating Accessible Tables
• Microsoft Support: Templates
• Microsoft Support: Create a template
• Microsoft Support: Use Color and Contrast for Accessibility

Images and alt-text

• Describing Images in Publications
• The Art and Science of Describing Images Part Two
• W3C's Tutorial on Images
• AccessiblePublishing.ca Guide to Image Description
• Poet Training Tool
• DAISY Knowledge Base
• WCAG Techniques for Long description: G73 – G74 – G92
• WCAG Language Guidelines
• NNELS Services
• WebAIM
• WCAG Contrast Checker 

PowerPoint

Refer to the Guide to create accessible PowerPoint presentations.

Resources

• Office Accessibility Center – Resources for people with disabilities
• Microsoft Support: Make your PowerPoint Presentations Accessible to People with Disabilities
• Microsoft Support: Create Slides with an Accessible Reading Order
• Microsoft Support: Using the Reading Order Pane
• Microsoft Support: Title a Slide
• Microsoft Support: Use Accessible Colours and Styles in Slides
• Microsoft Support: Add Hyperlinks to a Slide
• Microsoft Support: Accessibility Checker
• Rules for the Accessibility Checker
• Microsoft Support: Accessible PowerPoint Templates
• Video: Creating Accessible PowerPoint Presentations
• Video: Making Your PowerPoint Presentations Accessible
• Video: Creating and Delivering Accessible PowerPoint Presentations 

Excel

Refer to the Guide for creating accessible Excel documents. 

Resources

Here are some great additional resources for creating accessible workbooks.

• Office Accessibility Center – Resources for people with disabilities
• Microsoft Support: Accessibility Checker
• Microsoft Support: Rules for the Accessibility Checker
• Microsoft Support: Accessible Hyperlinks
• Microsoft Support: Creating Accessible Excel Documents
• Microsoft Support: Create Accessible Charts in Excel
• Microsoft Support: Templates
• Microsoft Support: Create a template
• Video: Microsoft Support Creating Accessible Excel Spreadsheets 

Outlook and Teams

Refer to the Guide for creating accessible Outlook emails and Teams messages.

Resources

Here are some additional resources for creating accessible Outlook emails and Teams messages.

Accessibility for Outlook

• Microsoft Support: Make Your Outlook Email Accessible
• Microsoft Support: Accessibility Checker
• Microsoft Support: Rules for the Accessibility Checker
• Seven Steps to Creating an Accessible Email in Outlook 

Accessibility for Teams

• Microsoft Support: Make Your Microsoft Teams Meetings, Calls, and Messages Accessible to People with Disabilities
• Microsoft Support: Accessibility Tools for Microsoft Teams 

PDFs

See PDF accessibility.