This document provides a checklist for making Word documents accessible, including ensuring document information like the title and author are included, using a sans serif font of at least 12 point with high contrast, only using up to 6 levels of headings that match the reading order, making tables readable from left to right with labeled columns and rows and no blank cells, including alternative text for images, charts and graphs, and labeling links with descriptive text like "Web Link" instead of just "Click here".

1. Word Accessibility
NAME OF PRESENTER: LISA SIEG, M.A. TESOL

2. Word Accessibility Checklist
• Document Information
• Display
• Headings
• Tables
• Alternative Text
• Links

3. Document Information
• Document title, author,
subject, and keywords are
provided in the
“Document Properties.”

4. Display
• 12 point font
• Sans Serif font
• High Contrast
• Avoid underlining, italicized text,
and watermarks.
• Use lists with bullet points or
numbers.

5. Headings
• Less than 6 levels of headings are used.
• Headings match the reading order of the
document

6. Tables
• Tables read from left to right
• All cells have text (no blank spaces)
• Columns and rows are marked.

7. Alternative Text
• Alternative text is equivalent to the picture,
chart, graph, etc…
• Only numbers and letters are used in the
table-not symbols. Symbols are described
with alternative text.

8. Links
• Avoid “Click here.”
Instead add the phrase
“Web Link” to all
clickable links.