This self-paced online course is the equivalent of 10 hours of training on how to create more accessible Word documents. Although Microsoft 365 is used for, most tools are available in previous versions of Word. This course includes a copy of the book "Styles in Word: A Primer for Accessible Document Design" and sample documents as well as documents you can work on. There are about 65 short videos covering all of the topics in the book as well as material I just can't fit into a regular day-long workshop.
You will have access to the course content until the end of 2025.
If you want to earn a Credly professional development micro-credential, send me an accessible Word document you’ve created. Once I’ve reviewed the document and accessibility features are incorporated, I’ll issue the micro-credential.
Course Curriculum
- Welcome!
- Credly Micro-credential Professional Development Badges
- Styles in Word: The Book
- Images, Videos and Captions in this Coruse
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Visual, Learning and Cognitive Disabilities (8:42)
- Types of Adaptive Technology (17:13)
- Clearing Formatting (2:40)
- Word Options: Cut, Copy and Paste (8:45)
- Home Ribbon (31:27)
- Direct Formatting: Just Say NO! (6:17)
- Font Styles and Font Sizes (3:40)
- Standard Unicode Fonts (1:47)
- Font Attributes to Avoid (7:10)
- Quick Styles Gallery: Home Ribbon (1:20)
- Styles Pane (4:05)
- Apply Styles Pane (1:37)
- Apply Styles Pane on the Quick Access Toolbar (4:38)
- Colour Deficits/Colour Blindness
- Colour Contrast (Colour Contrast Analyzer) (5:17)
- Bathrooms and Accessible Documents: Navigation Basics (13:48)
- Headings, Navigation Pane and List of Headings from Adaptive Technology (6:02)
- Applying a Heading Style (4:10)
- Modify a Heading Style (2:29)
- Create a New Heading Style (4:50)
- Paragraph Headings (5:13)
- Tables of Content - Creating and Modifying (8:20)
- Tables of Content – Updated (1:56)
- Import/Export Styles in Word (6:30)
- Converting a Word Document to Tagged PDF (5:54)
- Start a Quality Assurance Process (17:29)
- Checking Lists, Tables an dFigure Tags in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC (10:45)
- Remediating a Table that Spans Two or More Pages (6:30)
- Logical Reading Order of PDF Documents: Brochures (4:57)
- Export a PDF to Word (or other format)
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Karen McCall, M.Ed.
Karen has been working in the field of digital accessibility for over 25 years. Her book on creating and working with accessible PDFs was first published in 2005 with subsequent updates. The fourth edition was published in 2017. She has written books on creating accessible Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and PDF forms. She is a Canadian delegate to ISO 32000 (PDF) and ISO 14289 (PDF/UA) as well as the technical standards committee for plain language for the Accessible Canada Act. She has been a Microsoft MVP for Office Apps and Services since 2009 and a Microsoft Accessibility MVP sine the category was created in 2014.