How To: Document Accessibility

PDF Documents should also be checked for accessibility. Making a Word Document accessible makes the PDF check a lot easier and manageable.

Main items to watch for:

• Title and Author
• Tagging
• Add ALT-Text to images, tables, graphs,or indicating images are decorative (does not need alt-text)
• Check to be sure the document has optical character recognition (OCR) to be readable.

After checking accessibility, if your document needs work it may look like this:

The primary area to focus on first is Errors. Secondarily, Warnings. Lastly, Tips.