Category: Accessibility

Alternative text allows screen reader users to understand images and visual elements in Excel.

Descriptive hyperlinks help users understand the purpose of links without additional context.

Notes and comments provide text equivalents for visual indicators such as asterisks or color cues.

Setting up a document title in Excel to allow assistive technology users to locate and identify the document more efficiently.

Worksheet titles help screen reader users navigate between sheets and understand their content quickly.

Create descriptive worksheet titles to help screen reader users navigate between sheets and understand their content quickly.

Meaningful table titles help assistive technology users identify and navigate tables efficiently.

Create simple tables improve accessibility by ensuring screen readers can correctly interpret data relationships.

A title region connects row and column headers to all table cells, allowing screen readers to announce header information with cell data.

Review logical reading order to ensure screen readers interpret spreadsheet content correctly.

Logical reading order ensures screen readers interpret spreadsheet content correctly.

Freezing panes keeps headers visible while scrolling, improving navigation for all users.

Proper navigation structure ensures screen reader users can find, understand, and move through workbook content efficiently.

Proper navigation structure ensures screen reader users can find, understand, and move through workbook content efficiently.

Color should be used thoughtfully to ensure information is accessible to users with color vision deficiencies.

Drop-down lists improve data accuracy and accessibility.

Data Validation input messages provide accessible text equivalents that screen readers announce when users enter a cell.

Headers provide structure that improves navigation and screen reader interpretation.

The Accessibility Checker in Excel helps supports ongoing accessibility review throughout the document creation process.

How to open the accessibility checker, summary of types of flags that the check will throw.

Images with text or image-only PDFs are not compatible with assistive technology. For documents that contain images, you should add alternate text.

How to create and tag an accessible list in PDF documents.

How to add a document title manually and using the Accessibility Checker. Overview of the best practices and difference between the title and name.

A reference guide on proper text styling, formatting, and color usage to make your PDF documents accessible.

How to create accessible links, covers tagging and visual remediation.

How to apply OCR to scanned PDFs in Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Overview Reading Order defines the logical sequence in which text, images, and tables are read by screen readers and assistive technologies. It ens...

Proper remediation workflow for remediation documents in Adobe Acrobat Reader.

How to set tab order of a PDF document using Adobe Acrobat Reader.

How to make tables accessible, including formatting requirements and tagging structure.

A complete guide to tagging PDF documents, covers how to tag a document, create a new tag, create a tag from selection, and most common types of tags

How to set document language manually and with accessibility checker.

All accessibility tools for adobe acrobat reader in one article.

Describes proper heading structure and nesting.

Demonstrates how to enable Highlight Associated Content and what the purpose is.

Overview A Tagged Annotations Failed error in Adobe Acrobat means there is an accessibility compliance issue. It indicates that comments, links, or...

How to resolve the Headings failed error in the Adobe Acrobat Accessibility checker.

The Other Elements Alternate Text failure is a common issue when using Adobe Acrobat Reader. It occurs when non-image elements are improperly tagged.

How to add and remove elements from the side panel in Adobe Acrobat Reader.

JAWS (Job Access With Speech) is a screen reader software developed for people whose vision loss prevents them from seeing screen content or naviga...

How to use the Accessibility Checker in Microsoft Word.

How to add alternative text to images, shapes, and other elements in Microsoft Word.

How to create accessible tables in Microsoft Word

NaturalReader is an AI-driven text-to-speech tool that allows for audio narration of text-based documents and web pages.