Additional Accessibility Guides

Other Document Suites

If you are using a document suite other than Office, find information for common platforms below.

iWork

Apple’s default document suite includes Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. While they can create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations they lack the advanced accessibility features and checkers of Microsoft Office.

Apple Support guide to creating accessible documents.

Apple Support Pages User Guide.

If you wish to create documents using iWork, follow the listed accessibility best practices in this book. When completed, convert the files to Office formats and use the accessibility tools included in that suite.

Google

Google’s document suite includes Docs, Sheets, and Slides. While they can create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations they don’t have the advanced accessibility features and checkers of Microsoft Office.

Google guide to document accessibility.

If you wish to create documents using Google, follow the listed accessibility best practices in this book. When completed, download the files as Office formats and use the accessibility tools included in that suite.

LibreOffice and OpenOffice

LibreOffice accessibility support.

OpenOffice accessibility information.

If you wish to create documents using LibreOffice or OpenOffice, follow the accessibility best practices in this book. LibreOffice and OpenOffice do not include built-in accessibility checkers. Convert your files to Office formats and use the accessibility tools included in that suite.

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