Learn how to use built-in features (cell styles, heading levels, and data table formats) to ensure that spreadsheets and workbooks are structured in a logical reading order.
Using Built-in Features to Organize Content and Ensure Logical Reading Order (Video)
When choosing the color palette for your slide designs, close attention must be given to ensure there is a strong color contrast between the foreground and background. See examples of good and bad color contrast, and how to use tools to determine if your spreadsheet has sufficient contrast.
Ensuring the Contrast Ratio Between Text and Background is Sufficient (Video)
Discover how to use visual characteristics, such as color, size, shape, and location to convey meaning when creating your worksheet.
Ensuring Color and Other Visual Characteristics are Also Described in Text (Video)
Learn how to ensure that vital information, created as a watermark or placed in the Header or Footer of the slide, can be accessed by assistive technology.
Discover how to use the built-in table features so assistive technology can read the information in data tables in a meaningful manner.
Assistive Technology cannot infer meaning from images and other objects, such as pictures, images of text, images of tables, shapes, and icons with hyperlinks. Learn how to apply “alt text” to objects to ensure equal access to the information.
Learn how to add links to a worksheet so that each link has a unique and descriptive name that allows assistive technology users to determine the destination, function, or purpose of links.
Learn how to embed audio-only, video-only, or multimedia files into your worksheet so individuals with disabilities have comparable access to the information.
Ensuring Descriptions of Embedded Audio, Video, and Multimedia Files are Accurate (Video)
Flashing objects cannot be considered accessible because they can cause seizures and, therefore, should never be used. Warning: This video demonstrates a type of flashing object that should never be used.
Discover how a descriptive file name identifying the worksheet or its purpose helps everyone, including people with disabilities, locate, open, and switch between documents.
Saving in the .xlsx Format With a Descriptive Filename (Video)
