
In cases where more certainty is required, it is recommended that you test the office documents with end users with disabilities, including screen reader users. Disclaimer and Testing Details:įollowing these techniques will increase the accessibility of your documents, but it does not guarantee accessibility to any specific disability groups. *Right-click: To right-click with the keyboard, select the object using the Shift+Arrow keys and then press either (1) the “Right-Click” key (some keyboard have this to the right of the spacebar) or Shift+F10. Below are the mouse-only terms and their keyboard alternatives: However, for clarity there are several instances where mouse-only language is used. We have tried to formulate these techniques so that they are useful to all authors, regardless of whether they use a mouse. Most of these have not been checked for accessibility, but some information and/or instructions are available for the following formats in Technique 12 (below): In addition, Excel for Mac offers many other spreadsheet processor and web format saving options.

The default file format for Excel for Mac is Office Open XML (XLSX). If you are creating forms, web pages, applications, or other dynamic and/or interactive content, these techniques will still be useful to you, but you should also consult the W3C-WAI Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) because these are specifically designed to provide guidance for highly dynamic and/or interactive content.


Typical of office-style workflows (Reports, letters, memos, budgets, presentations, etc.).Self-contained (i.e., without hyperlinks to other documents, unlike web content), and.and do not include audio, video, or embedded interactivity) , Fully printable (i.e., where dynamic features are limited to automatic page numbering, table of contents, etc.Text-based (i.e., not simply images, although they may contain images),.Intended to be used by people (i.e., not computer code),.

You should use these techniques when you are using Excel for Mac to create documents that are: For more information, see Excel for Mac Help. Editor’s note: In the later versions of Excel for Mac, users can add alt text for images and graphical objects and check accessibility.
