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  • Word
    • Add Alternative Text to images
    • Add alternative text to SmartArt graphics
    • Apply Styles
    • Modify Styles
    • Create an Accessible PDF using Microsoft Word 2007
  • PDF
    • Create a text layer
    • Use tags to identify document components
    • Include alternative text for images
    • Define the language for a PDF document
    • Perform an "Accessibility Quick Check"
    • Use the Read Aloud function in Adobe Reader
  • Excel
    • Provide text-based alternatives for charts and graphical data
    • Provide descriptions of charts and graphs in the comment area
    • Highlight important cells in data sets
    • Use clear and specific language to describe charts and graphs
• Presentation
  • PowerPoint
    • Caption embedded video.
    • Add extended descriptions for charts and other graphics.
    • Add alternative text to images.
    • Select an appropriate slide layout.
    • Use a pre-defined PowerPoint slide template.
    • Include slide content in the outline.
    • Add titles to slides.
  • Presenter
  • Keynote
    • Use unique heading titles for each slide
    • Include slide text in the outline view.
    • Include extended descriptions for charts and other graphics intended to convey information
    • Provide voice narration and/or captions for QuickTime content
    • Use unique heading titles for each slide
  • S5 (online presentation)
    • Include extended descriptions for charts and complex images.
    • Include alternative text for images.
    • Include accessible handouts
    • Use the simple format template to maintain appropriate structural elements.
• Multimedia
  • Captioning
    • Determine captioning priority
    • Determine copyright status.
    • Select options for creating a transcript, doing the time coding, and combining these components.
    • Obtain on-campus captioning consulting and assistance
  • Flash
    • Include alternative text for images
    • Size, space, and label user interface elements
    • Provide keyboard-only navigability
    • Include captioning for audio content
    • Provide a means of adjusting the viewing rate
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  • Behavior (Javascript, Action script)
    • Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or other programmatic objects are not supported or have been disabled
    • Include text descriptions and redundant links for pop-up information
    • Provide a method for disabling the automatic refreshing of a page
    • Provide a method for altering response time intervals
  • Presentation (CSS)
    • Use alternatives to backgrounds for conveying information
    • Use alternatives to visual formatting effects for conveying or grouping information
    • Organize documents so they are readable without requiring associated style sheets
  • Tables
    • Use the id and headers Attributes
    • Use the caption tag
    • Use the table heading tag
    • Use the summary attribute
  • HTML Forms
    • Use the label tag with form fields
    • Use the label tag with form controls
    • Use the fieldset and legend tags to group form elements
  • AJAX and ARIA
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    • Accessibility of Information Technology (AIT) policy and standards
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        • Document Specifications
          • Document Specifications — D1
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          • Document Specifications — D3
        • Scripting and Automation
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          • Scripting and Automation — Best Practices
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          • Styling and Layout — Best Practices
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          • Text Equivalents — Best Practices
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      • Software Accessibility Standards
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