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Creating Accessible Documents

Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat are among the most commonly used software tools on the market. Please find the following step by step processes that provide some guidance to ensure the accessibility of the documents and pdfs that you create. Text within Microsoft Office documents have the ability to be read by assistive technology tools such as screen readers (JAWS and MAGic), as well as Braille devices.

 

Training

UFIT has partnered with the online training resource center Lynda.com to bring access to thousands of training videos.

1. First, log in to LinkedIn Learning

2. Select your desired training course. (If you do not log in with your UF credentials, you will not be able to view all of the videos.)

Tutorials

Creating accessible documents in Microsoft Word Strategies for making a Microsoft Word document more accessible Creating accessible PDFs in Microsoft Word How to create an accessible PDF from Microsoft Word Creating and fixing inaccessible PDFs in Adobe How to fix PDF accessibility issues with Adobe