<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Passing along this announcement from Microsoft:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Microsoft recently released an announcement about new accessibility capabilities in Office 365 (details below). <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">Recently released accessibility enhancements showcased in <a href="https://blogs.office.com/2016/08/25/productivity-and-inclusion-office-365-accessibility-update/" target="_blank">this Office Blog post</a> worth calling out for the higher education community include:<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0.75in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">1.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"times new roman"">       </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">The ability to see data more clearly in Excel Online in High Contrast Modes<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0.75in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">2.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"times new roman"">       </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">The ability to run accessibility checks on content in Office for Mac apps<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0.75in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">3.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"times new roman"">       </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">The ability to get spelling suggestions in Word for PCs even when the misspelled word is very different from the intended word<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">Microsoft will continue to make progress in enhancing the accessibility of Office 365 apps in the coming months and invites members of the higher education community to give <a href="https://microsoftaccessibility.uservoice.com/forums/307429-microsoft-accessibility-feedback" target="_blank">ideas to help make all products truly usable by people of all abilities</a>. Also, we hope to see many of you in person or virtually on <span><span>Nov 17</span></span> at <a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/creating-inclusive-classrooms-campuses-microsoft-technologies/" target="_blank">the Microsoft session at the AHG conference</a>.</p><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Howard Kramer</div><div>Conference Coordinator</div><div>Accessing Higher Ground</div><div><a href="tel:303-492-8672" value="+13034928672" target="_blank">303-492-8672</a></div><div>cell: <a href="tel:720-351-8668" value="+17203518668" target="_blank">720-351-8668</a></div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Join us for the <b><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Accessing Higher Ground</span><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);font-weight:normal"> </span><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Conference</span></a></b> in Denver, Colorado,  <span><span>Nov 14-18, 2016</span></span>.  Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March.<u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb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