Creating accessible documents ensures that all Hawkeyes—including individuals with disabilities—can fully engage with our content. This page provides essential guidelines and tools for making documents perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust.
Small changes—like using high-contrast text, or including alternative text for images—can make a big difference. Explore the resources below to learn how to create accessible documents.
General Document Information
Different document formats pose different accessibility challenges and opportunities. Articles in this collection will showcase tips and techniques accessibility across a spectrum of document formats, tools, and technologies.
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is one of the most popular applications in the world, widely used to create worksheets, articles, syllabi, and other documents. Here are a few tips and tricks to help you provide more accessible Microsoft Word documents.
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint is one of the most popular presentation tools in use today. PowerPoint lets you create engaging presentations and interactive materials for print, digital sharing, and in-person presentation.
Adobe Acrobat Pro (PDF)
Adobe Acrobat Pro lets you create PDF documents from a variety of sources. PDFs are easy to distribute, and remain faithful to the design and layout of the original.