[Athen] Accessibility of Content Controls in Word 2007+

[Karlen Communications]

Thank you! I found the Freedom Scientific one this morning but didn't have
the other one!

Cheers, Karen

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From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On
Behalf Of Jeffrey Dell
Sent: August 29, 2016 12:15 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessibility of Content Controls in Word 2007+

Hi Karlen
I found this on a Freedom Scientific page when I was looking on creating
forms for my use with JAWS.  The language on the page is:
NOTE: There are several new form controls called "content controls"
that are available in Word 2007 - 2013 for creating form fields. At the
present time, JAWS does not work with forms created with the newer content
controls.
Microsoft is aware of this and they are working towards a better solution.
Therefore, these instructions show you how to use legacy controls within
Word to create accessible forms.
http://doccenter.freedomscientific.com/doccenter/archives/training/accessibl
e-forms-in-word.htm

There is also some info on the Section 508 website
http://www.section508.va.gov/support/tutorials/word/13forms_1.asp
Best regards,
Jeff

On 8/29/16, Karlen Communications <info at karlencommunications.com> wrote:

> I'll start by saying that I know that Content Controls in Word 2007+ 

> are not accessible.

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> However, I need to point to some documentation other than my own to 

> support this. Does anyone know of any documentation specifically about 

> the inaccessibility of the Content Controls in Word?

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> Cheers, Karen

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