Excel Accessibility

Creating Accessible Excel Spreadsheets Segmented Videos

• Accessibility Checker (start time: 2:43)
• Sheet Names (start time: 6:51)
• Built-in Styles and Templates (start time: 8:26)
• Easy to Navigate by Section Headings (start time: 11:44)
• Descriptive Filenames (start time: 15:13)
• Blank, Merged, or Split Cells (start time: 16:49)
• Tables Header Row (start time: 20:24)
• Hyperlinks (start time: 22:32)
• Image Alternative Text (Alt Text) (start time: 28:10)
• Color Contrast (start time: 33:58)
• Converting to PDFs and Tags (start time: 39:13)
• PDF Accessibility Checker (start time: 44:48)

• Always add accessibility to an Excel Sheet during the design/creation process. Do not wait until the end to add accessibility. 
• Use the Accessibility Checker to scan your spreadsheets.
• Save the file name with dashes or underscores between words such as Excel-Document-Accessibility.xlsx or Excel_Document_Accessibility.xlsx.
• Consider readability for content development.

• Describing images
• Readability
• Color contrast explanation
• Colour Contrast Analyser Tool (Windows & Mac)
• PDF Accessibility

• How to Make an Accessible Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel (training videos)
• Microsoft Excel Accessibility Reference (pdf)
• Excel Tips by Penn State
• Microsoft Support on Making Excel Spreadsheets Accessible
• Excel and label everything in your graph with talking software
• Excel 2013 & 2016: Creating an Accessible Excel Spreadsheet, Part 1
• Excel 2013 & 2016: Creating an Accessible Excel Spreadsheet, Part 2
• Excel 2013 & 2016: Accessible Excel Forms, Part 1
• Excel 2013 & 2016: Accessible Excel Forms, Part 2