Accessibility experts have repeatedly established that accessible websites benefit everyone, not just people with disabilities. Besides improving usability for all internet users and increasing market ...

Microsoft Word includes a built-in Accessibility Assistant feature that will automatically check for certain accessibility issues and help you correct them. To use the accessibility checker, go to the ...

Microsoft Word documents can be made accessible with proper headings, built-in numbered or bulleted lists, descriptive links, adding alternative text to images and adding headings to tables. This will ...

As summer winds down, the digital world is gearing up for its busiest stretch of the year. Back-to-school shopping is already well underway, while holiday travel bookings and early holiday sales ...

This will help provide a consistent layout and make the document easier for users of assistive technologies to navigate. Note: your instructions will vary depending on which version of Office you have ...

When creating websites, many businesses often prioritize visual aesthetics and interactivity over accessibility or consider it a compliance issue. But as an industry expert, I firmly believe that ...

To ensure equal access to information for all people, all Northwestern web and digital content should be compliant with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA. You can review your ...

The Cidi Labs editor toolbar will show up in Canvas if you use the shortcut Alt-Shift-D (or Opt-Shift-D on a Mac) while editing a Page in Canvas. Consult the Cidi Labs Design Tools link above for more ...

A limited number of font styles are used. Simple fonts are used (e.g., Verdana, Arial, or Times New Roman) There is adequate spacing between lines and characters (so that lines and letters are not ...

Sa11y is an accessibility quality assurance tool that visually highlights common accessibility and usability issues. The tool straightforwardly identifies errors or warnings at the source with a ...

PDFs use an internal tagging structure to indicate the structure and order to screen readers and other assistive technologies. Check if the PDF is already tagged from document properties. From the top ...