Tutorials on Creating Accessible Instructional Material
The following tutorials present “best practices” for increasing the accessibility and usability of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Adobe PDF, and HTML documents. By practicing these universal design techniques, your documents will become better organized, more navigable, and accessible to a larger audience using a wide range of technologies.
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New Training Module: “Easy Steps to Identify and Repair Accessibility Issues in PDF, Word and PowerPoint Documents using Read & Write Gold and Adobe Acrobat Version 9” Faculty workshop handouts A (DOC) (1,513 KB)
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New Training Module: “Easy Steps to Identify and Repair Accessibility Issues in PDF, Word and PowerPoint Documents using Read & Write Gold and Adobe Acrobat Version 10” Faculty workshop handouts C (DOC) (1,513 KB)
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Module: Microsoft Word, Universally Designed (121 KB)
- Tutorial: Adding Alternative Text to Images (92 KB)
- Tutorial: Specifying Table Headings (82 KB)
- Tutorial: Saving in Rich Text Format (PDF) (120 KB)
- Tutorial: Preparing for Conversion to Accessible HTML (1,550 KB)
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Module: Microsoft PowerPoint, Universally Designed (30 KB)
- Tutorial: Adding Alternative Text to Images (92 KB)
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Module:Adobe PDF, Universally Designed (151 KB)
- Tutorial: Creating Accessible PDF Files From Word (
940 KB) - Tutorial: Creating Accessible Forms ( 220 KB)
- Tutorial: Repairing PDF Files ( 803 KB)
- Tutorial: Using the Accessibility Tracker ( 152 KB)
- Tutorial: Practices for Accessible Flash Design ( 771 KB)
- Tutorial: Creating Accessible Docs with Adobe InDesign ( 292 KB)
- Tutorial: Practices for Accessibility ( 1,298 KB)
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Module: HTML, Universally Designed (32 KB)
- Tutorial: Creating Accessible Web Pages with Dreamweaver (23 KB)
- Tutorial: Web Accessibility Tests Using Firefox and WAVE (489 KB)
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Module: E-Text: An Introduction to Alternative Format (33 KB)
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New Module: Repairing PDF files using Read & Write Gold ( 803 KB)
