{"id":1085,"date":"2024-08-19T17:56:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T21:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1085"},"modified":"2025-05-20T13:13:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T17:13:40","slug":"make-word-going-forward","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/chapter\/make-word-going-forward\/","title":{"raw":"Going Forward","rendered":"Going Forward"},"content":{"raw":"The best way to solve an issue is to prevent it from happening in the first place. Take what you've learned and incorporate your new skills going forward. Focus on creation and revision, not remediation. As you create new Word documents and update existing ones, make sure they are accessible.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"noborder aligncenter wp-image-992\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2248\/2024\/07\/GoingForward.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"120\" \/>\r\n\r\nWith the knowledge and skills you've learned making your existing Word documents accessible, you can start <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/chapter\/word-start-here-2\/\">making accessible documents from the start<\/a>. Instead of checking for accessibility once your document is written, incorporate accessibility best practices into your workflow.\r\n<img class=\"noborder aligncenter wp-image-2257 \" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2248\/2024\/08\/Word-GoingForward.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"308\" \/>\r\n\r\nAs you become more experienced, you'll find your Word documents have fewer and fewer accessibility issues. Eventually, you'll be creating accessible documents without a second thought (or any additional work).\r\n<h2>Useful links<\/h2>\r\nConsider the following resources for additional information:\r\n\r\nMicrosoft outlines the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/make-your-word-documents-accessible-to-people-with-disabilities-d9bf3683-87ac-47ea-b91a-78dcacb3c66d#PickTab=Mac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best practices to make documents accessible<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/webaim.org\/techniques\/word\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WebAIM guide to creating accessible documents<\/a> in Word.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-au\/office\/rules-for-the-accessibility-checker-651e08f2-0fc3-4e10-aaca-74b4a67101c1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rules for the Office accessibility checker.<\/a>\u200b\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpgi.com\/color-contrast-checker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colour Contrast Analyzer<\/a>\u00a0from TPGi is a desktop (Windows and macOS) application to help check for accessible colour.\r\n\r\nRead the <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accessibilityhandbook\/chapter\/word-accessibility-quick-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Word accessibility chapter<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accessibilityhandbook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accessibility Handbook for Teaching and Learning<\/a>.\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Next<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nCheck that your <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/back-matter\/word-accessibility-assistant\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Word documents are free from accessibility errors.<\/a>\r\n\r\nLearn how to <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/chapter\/word-start-here-2\/\" rel=\"noopener\">make Word documents accessible from the start<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/front-matter\/start-here\/#iwantto\" rel=\"noopener\">Explore other software and platforms<\/a> and how to make accessible content.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<p>The best way to solve an issue is to prevent it from happening in the first place. 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Eventually, you&#8217;ll be creating accessible documents without a second thought (or any additional work).<\/p>\n<h2>Useful links<\/h2>\n<p>Consider the following resources for additional information:<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft outlines the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/make-your-word-documents-accessible-to-people-with-disabilities-d9bf3683-87ac-47ea-b91a-78dcacb3c66d#PickTab=Mac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best practices to make documents accessible<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webaim.org\/techniques\/word\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WebAIM guide to creating accessible documents<\/a> in Word.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-au\/office\/rules-for-the-accessibility-checker-651e08f2-0fc3-4e10-aaca-74b4a67101c1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rules for the Office accessibility checker.<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpgi.com\/color-contrast-checker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colour Contrast Analyzer<\/a>\u00a0from TPGi is a desktop (Windows and macOS) application to help check for accessible colour.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accessibilityhandbook\/chapter\/word-accessibility-quick-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Word accessibility chapter<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accessibilityhandbook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accessibility Handbook for Teaching and Learning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Next<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>Check that your <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/back-matter\/word-accessibility-assistant\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Word documents are free from accessibility errors.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn how to <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/chapter\/word-start-here-2\/\" rel=\"noopener\">make Word documents accessible from the start<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/front-matter\/start-here\/#iwantto\" rel=\"noopener\">Explore other software and platforms<\/a> and how to make accessible content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1655,"menu_order":11,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1085","chapter","type-chapter","status-web-only","hentry"],"part":52,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1655"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3227,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1085\/revisions\/3227"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/52"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1085\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1085"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1085"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}