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Duration

0.75 Days

4.5 CPD hours

This course is intended for

Making Microsoft Word documents accessible.

Overview

Please refer to Overview.

During this course students will interact with a variety of Word documents and review components that would render the document inaccessible. Students will enable the Accessibility Checker and the Speak feature and progress through the processes and procedures to meet the AODA mandate.
Students will ultimately create an accessible set of styles and use those styles within the document.

Adding the Accessibility Checker and the Speak feature

Discussions will follow as to the limitations of the checker

When the checker won?t run

Document Metadata

Students will review where and why to add metadata to a Word Document

Setting the application language and setting the document language

Setting the document title

Adding the Author and subject metadata fields

Creating Accessible Paragraphs and Columns

Students will see the perils of incorrect use of hard returns and text boxes within a document

Exercises will have students work with paragraph formatting and column formatting for accessibility

Creating Accessible Tables

Students will interact with tables that are poorly designed and restricted them to still maintain content but that are now accessible

Discussions will surround, changes to how tables are handled when sending to PDF

Accessible Imagery

Students will discuss the need to images with a document

The Alternate text feature will be used and the rationale for adding specific types of descriptions

Students will see and understand the rationale for ?in-line- imagery

Styles for Navigation

Students will use and modify the built-in styles feature of Microsoft Word and create a table of contents

Students will see with the use of the navigation pane, how styles impact accessibility

Students will also understand the importance of proper styles nesting

Headers, Footers and Footnotes

Students will discuss and then implement accessible headers and footers

Students will discuss footnotes and alternative methods to provide footnotes

Verifying Reading Order

Students will ?listen? to their documents using the Speak feature

Students will enable the selection pane as an accessibility tools and discuss its limitations

Creating an Accessible Style Template

Students will create several accessible styles including headings and paragraphs

Students will save the style within a template

Additional course details:

Nexus Humans Accessible Documents training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward.

This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts.

Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success.

While we feel this is the best course for the Accessible Documents course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you.

Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

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