Basic Accessibility Tools Microsoft Office

 Use headings when composing in Word and add alt-text to images 

When creating document in Microsoft Word, use the styles (the menu is in the "Home" tab) to add headings to the sections and subsections you use to organize your document. 

Figure 1. The styles and text formatting tools are on the home tab.

Figure 2. Right click (or control click) an image in any Office file to see the command to "Edit Alt Text."

In a recent change, Microsoft adds auto-generated alt text to images that are added to Microsoft files. While that alt text will allow the file to "pass" an accessibility check, it is usually not sufficient to meet the intent of alt text. (The text "a screenshot of a phone" is applied to a wide range of images!) For this reasons, faculty should compose their own alt text.