Now that you've learned about common accessibility issues, review the categories below to see potential solutions.
Headings
- Use preformatted headings
- Use headings in order, if possible
- Check that programmatic headings match visual headings
Multimedia and Media
- Use only videos with captions available
- To learn how to caption a video yourself, visit the Multimedia page
- Describe images accurately, including any text that appears in the image in your description
- Consider using the Caption feature or having a descriptive paragraph for long descriptions
- Describe all audio-only media, either in a transcript or in an accompanying paragraph
- Example: If the audio is just a sound, like a lion roaring, the description would be "lion roaring"
Color Dependence and Color Contrast
- Avoid creating elements that rely on color to convey information
- Example: When designing images or interactive content, avoid phrases like "select the yellow item" or "all items in red are required". Instead, say "select the yellow star" or "all bold red items are required"
- Check all content for color contrast before publishing
- Example: Before publishing a promotional poster, check the foreground and background colors, especially text, for contrast levels
Keyboard Accessibility
- To check tab order, open the selection pane (documents and presentations) or TouchUp Reading Order tool (PDFs) to reorder elements of the page
- If necessary, reorder elements to make the tab order more logical
- Example: If there are 3 text boxes on a page, determining the logical tab order dictates the order in which a screen reader reads the text boxes
Last modified October 3, 2018