Posted under Accessibility and MS Office & Keyboard Shortcuts & Office User & Testing
Written by: Jeff Singleton
I recently came across a site that gave guidance about formatting a Microsoft Word 2003 document for accessibility. Yes, I know that Office 2007 is the most recent version but there are still a lot of Office 2003 users in the World and most of the advice can be transferred to the newer versions.
The guidance [...]
Posted under Accessibility and MS Office & Accessibility and PDF
Written by: Jeff Singleton
There have been so many times I get questions from people who purchased a 3rd party product that allows them to save documents to a PDF only to find out that they can’t save an accessible (or tagged) PDF. They want to know how they can make their files accessible. Sadly, all I could really [...]
Read more: The Ability To Create An Accessible PDF Has Been Brought To The Masses!...Posted under Accessibility and JAWS & Accessibility and MS Office & Keyboard Shortcuts
Written by: Mike Adams
Keyboard shortcuts aren’t just for users of Assistive Technologies such as the screen reader JAWS. Most people could benefit by simply learning to use the keyboard a little more instead of relying solely on a mouse. Call me crazy but I swear my shoulder ache’s at the end of the day thanks to that mouse [...]
Read more: Outlook-Windows and JAWS shortcut keys...Posted under Accessibility and MS Office & Accessibility and PDF
Written by: Jeff Singleton
Overview
Many Microsoft Word documents are exported to PDF files for the purpose distribution to a wide range of users. How well a Word document converts to a PDF file has a lot to do with the document design which is also going have a bearing the accessibility of the document.
Below are some suggestions on how [...]
Posted under Accessibility and MS Office & Office User
Written by: Jeff Singleton
A client of ours recently came to us with a problem. They wanted to add a watermark to their document that indicated the document was a DRAFT copy. Since this particular client needed to make sure their documents met the Section 508 requirements it was important that screen readers such as JAWS or Window Eyes [...]
Read more: Adding Alt Text to a Watermark in Microsoft Word...Posted under Accessibility and JAWS & Accessibility and MS Office & Accessibility and Window Eyes
Written by: Jeff Singleton
A client of ours recently came to us with a problem. They wanted to add a watermark to their document that indicated the document was a DRAFT copy. Since this particular client needed to make sure their documents met the Section 508 requirements it was important that screen readers such as JAWS or Window Eyes [...]
Read more: Adding Alt Text to a Watermark in Microsoft Word...