Each of the short BITs videos below teach a specific accessibility skill and match guidelines in the ITC's Accessibility Quick lists
document. Use the buttons below to filter by the type of document you are creating or your operating system.
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for more information and register to add these recurring events to your calendar.
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Finding and using templates
to get a head start on your accessible document or presentation.
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Learn best practices
surrounding the size of your type in documents and presentations.
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In this video we will look
at size and style considerations when choosing typography for your document or
presentation.
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Apply heading styles to
create an accessible structure in your word document
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Create accessible unordered,
ordered and nested lists.
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Use the line spacing tool to
avoid unnecessary characters that can cause extra wording for those using screen readers.
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Add alternate (alt) text to
images, tables and charts. Understand when to mark an image decorative and when it needs
descriptive text.
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Incorporate links in a way
that flows with your document language and is accessible for screen reader users.
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Learn what to look out for
when making tables so that you end up with the best table possible
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Does your content really
need that table? Learn when to use a table and when to use built in layout tools to get the
look you want.
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Identify and fix color use
in your document or presentation
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Use the accessibility review
to check your Word document and fix basic errors.
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Use the accessibility review
to check your PPT presentation and fix basic errors.
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Save your file in a way that
retains your accessibility work when moving from Word to PDF on a Mac.
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Save your file in a way that
retains your accessibility work when moving from Word to PDF in Windows.
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Use the accessibility review
to check your PDF and fix basic errors.