Developing Accessible Documents

Overview

These resources provide guidance and instruction on creating accessible documents. For additional support submit an Accessible Document Design Consultation Request.

Foundations

• Foundations of Accessible eLearning (LinkedIn Learning 51 minutes)

Microsoft Word

• Accessible Word Document Training (Minnesota IT Services)
• Create Accessible Word Documents
• Video tutorials: Word Documents
• Make your Word documents accessible to people with disabilities
• Accessibility tools for Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

• Accessible PowerPoint Training (Minnesota IT Services)
• Making your PowerPoint presentations accessible to people with disabilities
• Video tutorials: PowerPoint presentations

Microsoft Excel

• Make your Excel documents accessible to people with disabilities
• Video tutorials: Excel workbooks

PDFs

• Accessible PDF Training (Minnesota IT Services)
• Creating Accessible PDFs (LinkedIn Learning 5 hours and 33 minutes)
• Advanced Accessible PDFs (LinkedIn Learning 6 hours and 46 minutes)

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)

• WCAG Overview
• Introduction to Understanding WCAG
• WCAG 2.1 Web Accessibility Guidelines