[Athen] Excel Accessibility

[Clemson Online Coor. of Access. and UDL]

Hello all,
I'm trying to create an Excel accessibility guide for my university and I'm
very unfamiliar with Excel accessibility. Based on my research, the topics
I need to cover are:

   - Document Properties (document title and language)
   - alt text
   - links with descriptive text
   - Sensory characteristics (don't rely on color, size, shape, or location
   alone to convey info)
   - color contrast
   - Tabs have unique names
   - Simple table structure and Creating tables
   - Table header cells
   - Table alt text
   - Cell Styles
      - Do heading styles need to be placed on header cells?
      - Is this more for forms built in Excel?
   - Caption table (put title in A1)
   - *Naming Cell Sections (same as adding a caption/alt text to a
   table???) <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__webaccess.msu.edu_Tutorials_excel.html&d=DwIFaQ&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=2JoPbkP9gSrXlohQKP4Sb_YpB4HzKbZEMzRT4cD1IRs&m=jV2E3tP-Ls_3FDwXjxTv3CmoZuYFU_OGRonIy-p-85Y&s=orToT5UfiX_QVm2-8ESPDdnFu5TtNvbdVgearUB4tyo&e=> Other directions
   <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__accessibility.psu.edu_microsoftoffice_excel_-23region&d=DwIFaQ&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=2JoPbkP9gSrXlohQKP4Sb_YpB4HzKbZEMzRT4cD1IRs&m=jV2E3tP-Ls_3FDwXjxTv3CmoZuYFU_OGRonIy-p-85Y&s=vuDgnbpMAuIB7KaB5btobgQEufDd1QcbKtNT5juwJ_s&e=>*
   - Video and Audio
   - Add end of table message below table

Is this correct? Do I need to include all of these and/or are there other
topics I need to add?

Also, I know that forms and documents shouldn't really be built in Excel,
but if they are, what can I encourage to make them more accessible or
better prepared for PDF conversion?
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​Thanks for your help. ​
Have a wonderful day!



*Michelle Tuten*

*Accessibility **Coordinator*

*​Clemson Online​*
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