Hello everybody, and welcome to the online word accessibility training tutorial.
We are the Digital Accessibility Resource Centre (DARC) at the University of Guelph
and our job is to promote accessible design in all our University's multimedia content.
Now let's talk about why it is important to create accessible documents.
Everyone deserves equal access to information and equal opportunities to interact with digital content
So, it is important to know how to create accessible documents to support students and
staff with perceptual disabilities.
Also, the AODA requires all public sector and large organizations to provide accessible documents.
At the University of Guelph, it is mandatory that public-facing documents are compliant
with AODA requirements prior to being posted.
This introductory online session will teach attendees how to use the tools built into
Microsoft Word to make more accessible word documents and repair existing ones.
There is a simple acronym which can help you remember the rules and requirements of an
accessible document: HALT-FC. This stand for Headings made with styles tools.
Alt-text on images.
Links that are text-based and meaningful.
Tables that are simple and uniform.
Fonts that are sans-serif & 12-point+.
Contrast between text & background.
Using these 6 rules, I am going to work-through an inaccessible word document and make it accessible
So, head on to the next video where we talk about headings.