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Creating Accessible Word Documents

Proposal No: 3352

Bios & Handouts

Speaker(s)

  • Gian Wild, Ms, AccessibilityOz

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Length of Session (in hours): 5-6 hrFormat: Lab Expertise Level: Intermediate Type of session: Pre-Conference

Summary of Session

This byo device lab on how to develop accessible Word documents is aimed at Content Authors, Publishers of online documents, Managers, and Business Analysts.

Abstract

Training on how to develop accessible Word documents, includes the following topics:

  • Using and creating styles
  • Writing alternative text for images
  • Creating accessible tables
  • Creating columns
  • Merging image groups
  • Creating Table of Contents

Keypoints

Speaker Bio(s)

Gian Wild

Gian works in the area of web accessibility: making sure web sites and mobile apps can be used by people with disabilities. She spent six years contributing to the international set of web accessibility guidelines used around the world and is also the CEO and Founder of AccessibilityOz. With offices in Australia and the United States, AccessibilityOz has been operating for five years. Its clients include the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, Optus, Seek and Foxtel. A 2017 Australian of the Year award nominee, Gian splits her time between Australia the US. A regular speaker at conferences around the world, in 2015 she presented to the United Nations on the importance of web accessibility at the Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Handout(s)

Intro - Word training Word training 2015 (AccessibilityOz) 15 rules for making accessible links Creating accessible video in eight easy steps Determination of Phosphate Flux - Sample Document 2