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Accessibility Essentials 2

Writing Accessible Electronic Documents with Microsoft
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Word

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Section overviews

The TechDis Accessibility Essentials Guide for Writing Accessible Electronic Documents with Microsoft® Word has been divided into the following two sections:

Authoring Accessible Documents

It is important to ensure that when writing a document accessibility is taken into consideration from the outset. Information in this section covers the use of fonts styles and colours, appropriate structuring, appropriate images and the use of hyperlinks.

Accessibility and Usability Gains for Authors

When an author is creating a document, there are a number of inbuilt features which could save time when creating a document or series of documents. This section covers the use of the outline view, AutoCorrect, AutoText, synonyms and the creation of a table of contents.

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