You can use the Check Accessibility feature as you work on your document or when you finish it. But you can apply the same steps and principles with the other applications and on Mac. For the purpose of this tutorial, we’ll stick with a single application and platform, Microsoft Word on Windows. The Check Accessibility feature is available in Office applications on both Windows and Mac and it works the same across the board. Here, we’ll show you how to check for accessibility issues in Microsoft Office applications so that your documents are always accessible to others. Learn about the built-in features and technologies that help people with disabilities, like vision loss and deafness, to get the most out of Facebook.If this is something you haven’t done but want or even need to start, you’ll be glad to know there’s a feature to help you. The Web Resources website is a “hub” for accessing up to date web related information at Waterloo and campus-wide web guidelines and policies pertaining to websites.
The University of Waterloo is committed to meeting its obligations under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).
If a student has a disability that prevents the reading of standard print or standard electronic text, AccessAbility Services in partnership with the library will assist in the acquisition of an appropriate alternate format. The inability to hold or manipulate a book, or Severe or total impairment of sight or hearing or the inability to focus or move one’s eyes, is required to ensure equal access to information.Ī print disability or a “perceptual disability” is defined under the Canadian Copyright Act, as:ĭisability that prevents or inhibits a person from reading or hearing a literary, musical, dramatic or artistic work in its original format, and includes such a disability resulting from Standard print materials are not accessible for all users so alternate format including electronic, audio, Braille, or large print versions of textbooks, courseware, library books, etc. On-line articles and tutorials provide accessibility information on all Microsoft Office products. Microsoft has a website providing information on creating accessible Microsoft Office Applications. The site contains links to information on both Windows 7 and 8 operating systems and Office 2010, Office 2013 and Office 365 programs. Their applications include a feature called "Accessibility Checker" to identify accessibility issues. The Accessible Digital Office Document (ADOD) Project contains information for creating accessible digital documents using Microsoft, OpenOffice, iWork, Corel, GoogleDocs, etc. Information on the Information and Communications Standards of the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation (IASR) is posted on the Council of Ontario Universities' website.
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