Accessibility: It’s Easy in Microsoft Word© 2010 Constance Morton Minnesota Department of Human Services

Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 http://www.ada.gov/ Section 508 (1998) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 require Federal agencies to make electronic and information technology (EIT) accessible to persons with disabilities. http://www.section508.gov/

Minnesota Statute 16E.03, Subd. 9 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=16e.03 Section 508 (1998) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/

Minnesota Statutes Public Records: Accessibility https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=363A.42 Continuing Education: Accessibility https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=363A.43

Minnesota Department of Human Services Accessibility Training Microsoft© Word Microsoft© PowerPoint Adobe Acrobat Pro for PDF documents

Minnesota Department of Human Services Accessibility Training Video captioning Audio descriptions Web design and development

Universal Design Principles Equitable Flexible Simple and intuitive Perceptible

Microsoft© Word 2010 Built-in Accessibility Checker Uses file extension .docx Convert earlier versions from .doc

Accessible Documents Need Protection Properties Styles

Microsoft© Word Lists Fonts Colors

Microsoft© Word Styles for Paragraph Spacing Formatting Columns Headers and Footers

Microsoft© Word Table of Contents Language Preferences Accessible Tables

Microsoft© Word Hyperlinks Alternative Text Images Tables

Microsoft© Word Color in Charts and Graphs Accessibility Checker File/Check for Issues/Check Accessibility

Microsoft© Word Accessibility Checker Errors Warnings Tips

Microsoft© Word Accessibility Checker Misses Styles Fonts Colors and Others

Microsoft© Word Forms Protection

Be an ambassador for accessibility! Thank You! Constance Morton Connie.L.Morton@state.mn.us