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    • URL User-Centered Design
    • URL Accessibility and Universal Design
    • URL Understanding Accessibility, Primary Issues, and Why It Matters (Video)
    • Folder Accessibility Workshop
    • Workshop Practice Word Doc
    • Sample PDF to OCR
    • URL Text Tutorial - Word Accessibility
    • URL Making Headers in MS Word (Video)
    • URL Updating Header Styles in MS Word (Video)
    • Text Tutorial - Adding Headings to Word
    • URL Providing Image or Figure Alt Text in MS Word (Video)
    • Text Tutorial - Adding Alternate Text for Images in Word
    • URL Fixing Table Header Cells in MS Word (Video)
    • Text Tutorial - How to format tables and add Captions in Word
    • URL How to insert a Table of Contents to Word (Video)
    • Text Tutorial - Generating a Linked Table of Contents
    • URL Text Checklist - Word Accessibility Checklist
    • URL Text Tutorial - PDF Accessibility
    • URL Converting from MS Word to Adobe Acrobat (Video)
    • Text Tutorial - How to Save a PDF Doc from Word
    • URL How to Access Cougar Apps (Video)
    • URL Launching Adobe Acrobat in CougarApps (Video)
    • URL Applying OCR to Existing PDFs on your Computer (Video)
    • URL Checking PDF document Language (Video)
    • Text Tutorial - Checking for PDF Document Language
    • URL Text Tutorial - Performing a Full Check for Accessibility (Acrobat Professional Only)
    • Text Tutorial - Performing and Understanding Accessibility Reports
    • Text Tutorial - Repairing Accessibility Problems - Intro
    • URL Using the Touch Up Tool in Adobe Acrobat to Provide Alt Text and Table Header Cells (Video)
    • URL Reviewing Tags in PDF (Video)
    • Text Tutorial - Checking and Adding Tags/Headings to PDFs
    • URL Marking Headers in Adobe Acrobat (Video)
    • Text Tutorial - Tagging Headings within PDFs
    • URL Checking Accessibility via Adobe Acrobat (Video)
    • Text Tutorial - Identifying Table Headers
    • URL Text Tutorial - Adding Alt Text to an Image in PDF
    • URL Text Tutorial - Designating Items Correctly in PDF
    • URL Assessing Reading Order within a PDF (Video)
    • Text Tutorial - Editing Reading Order in PDF
    • URL Creating Accessible Links in PDF (Video)
    • URL Final Review - Re-run Accessibility Checks in PDF (Video)
    • PDF - Tagging Headings Practice
    • PDF - Checking and Modifying Tables Practice
    • URL PowerPoint 2007 Accessibility - Video Tutorials (ALL)
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    • Creating Accessible Word Documents

      Section outline

      ◄Understanding the Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI)
      ►Creating Accessible PDFs
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        • Text Tutorial - Word Accessibility URL

        • Creating Headings in Word

        • Making Headers in MS Word (Video) URL

          This video tutorial will outline how to tag different parts of your Word document and have them reflect different levels of importance within the document. 

        • Updating Header Styles in MS Word (Video) URL
        • Text Tutorial - Adding Headings to Word File

        • Creating Captions and Alt Text in Word

        • Providing Image or Figure Alt Text in MS Word (Video) URL
        • Text Tutorial - Adding Alternate Text for Images in Word File

        • Formatting Tables in Word

        • Fixing Table Header Cells in MS Word (Video) URL
        • Text Tutorial - How to format tables and add Captions in Word File

        • Generating a Linked Table of Contents in Word

        • How to insert a Table of Contents to Word (Video) URL

          This video tutorial will outline how to insert a customized table of contents that reflect your document's Headings.

        • Text Tutorial - Generating a Linked Table of Contents File

        • Accessibility Checklist

        • Text Checklist - Word Accessibility Checklist URL
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      ►Creating Accessible PDFs
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