Title: Accessible MSOffice and PDF Documents Module
Course: Web Accessibility MOOC for Educators > Section: Creating Accessible MSOffice and PDF Materials

Creating accessible MSOffice files does take time however any efforts put in on the front side of creating accessible documents is easily half of the time needed to retrofit documents for accessibility. Accessibility features inclue using alternative text on images, and objects, tables have designated column headings, and slides have titles are only some of the ways to make your documents accessible. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have specific list of required fixes for Office files and strongly suggested fixes for Office files.

Exploration of Accessible MSOffice and PDF Documents

In this module, you will explore content around:

- Understanding MSOffice and PDF document accessibility
- Elements necessary to accessible documents
- Understanding the importance of organizing structure and using styles in documents
- Understanding how screen readers
- Use of automated versus manual accessibility testing

By the end of this module you will be able to:

- Identify the elements of MSOffice documents and PDF necessary for accessibility
- Locate the accessibility checker tool to check for accessibility for MS Office documents
- Perform an accessiblity check on MSOffice Suite documents to identify accessibility errors
- Read an accessiblility checker report and correct identified errors and issues in a MSOffice item
- Perform an accessiblity check on PDF documents to identify accessibility errors
- Read an accessibility checker report and correct identified errors and issues in a PDF