Word Accessibility

Formatting and Styles to Avoid

The following formatting and object types are not communicated to assistive technology or present significant barriers to some users and should be avoided:

  • Strikethrough
  • Highlighting
  • Dropcap
  • Word Art, Smart Art, text effects
  • Ungrouped related shapes
  • Watermarks
  • Symbols, except for the following safe characters:
    • @ (the at symbol)
    • & (ampersand)
    • / (slash)
    • © (copyright)
    • ® (registered)
    • ™ (trademark)
    • ¶ (paragraph)
    • • (bullet)
    • $ (dollar)
    • € (Euro)
    • £ (British pound)
    • ¥ (Yen)
    • % (percent)
    • ½ (one half)
    • ¼ (one fourth)
    • ¾ (three fourths)
    • ° (degrees)

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Accessibility Handbook for Teaching and Learning Copyright © 2023 by Briana Fraser and Luke McKnight is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.