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Accessibility

Microsoft Ability Summit

Microsoft Ability Summit 2023 is a free digital event experience on March 8, 2023. Discover new accessible technology, learn from leaders with disabilities, and explore how accessibility empowers everyone within an organization, your community, and so much more.

Microsoft Ability Summit 2022, a YouTube link to all recorded sessions from the Microsoft Ability Summit, hosted virtually on May 10, 2022.

To learn more about accessibility at Microsoft, visit microsoft.com/accessibility.

GC Resources

M365 Playbook Training Catalog

The M365 Playbook’s Adoption and Change Management discipline has a Training Catalog that contains M365 accessibility training.

M365 Playbook Technical Briefs

The M365 Playbook’s Technical Briefings tab contains reference material on:

• M365 Accessibility – Hearing
• M365 Accessibility – Vision
• M365 Accessibility – Neuro

Quick Start Guides

• Quick Start to Create Accessible M365 Documents

GC Accessibility Training and Events

To help promote upcoming accessibility activities organized by various Government of Canada departments that are open to public service employees.

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Microsoft 365

To learn more about accessibility at Microsoft, visit microsoft.com/accessibility.

Articles

• Make your content accessible to everyone with the Accessibility Checker
• Use a screen reader with the Accessibility Checker
• How screen readers work with Microsoft Office
• Everything you need to know to write effective Alt text
• Microsoft Accessibility Blog - Making technology easier to see, hear and use!

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Webinars

• Watch Narrator 101
• Transcript of Narrator 101
• Accessibility Learning Webinars brought to you by the Disability Answer Desk

Videos

• Improve accessibility with the Accessibility checker

Community/Help

• Microsoft Disability Answer Desk
• Enterprise Disability Answer Desk (government, commercial, or enterprise users)

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Windows 10

Article

• Windows accessibility help
• Windows keyboard shortcuts for accessibility
• Microsoft Surface Hub keyboard shortcuts
• Use touch with Windows
• Use the On-Screen Keyboard (OSK) to type
• Windows Speech Recognition commands
• Use voice recognition in Windows 10
• Use color filters in Windows 10
• Use text or visual alternative to sounds
• Change closed caption settings
• Windows Hello face authentication
• Get started with eye control in Windows 10

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Webinars

• Watch Magnifier and Low Vision Features in Windows 10
• Transcript of Magnifier and Low Vision Features in Windows 10

Videos

• Type without using the keyboard

Community

• Ask the Community

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Office 365

Articles

• How screen readers work with Microsoft Office
• Welcome to the new Standard keyboard layout for Narrator
• Set up your device to work with accessibility in Office 365

(Windows), (macOS), (iOS), (Android)

• Use a screen reader and keyboard shortcuts with Office apps

Webinars

• Navigating the New Office Ribbon
• Transcript of Navigating the New Office Ribbon

Videos

• Making documents accessible

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Teams

Articles

• Accessibility overview of Microsoft Teams
• Keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Teams

(Windows) (macOS)

• Basic tasks using a screen reader with Microsoft Teams

(Windows) (macOS) (iOS) (Android) (Web)

• Use a screen reader to explore and navigate Microsoft Teams

(Windows) (macOS) (iOS) (Android) (Web)

• Use a screen reader to chat in Microsoft Teams

(Windows) (macOS) (iOS) (Android) (Web)

• Use a screen reader to create and modify teams in Microsoft Teams

(Windows) (macOS) (Web)

• Use a screen reader to search for a conversation, person, or file in Microsoft Teams

(Windows) (macOS) (iOS) (Android) (Web)

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Word

Articles

• Introduction to using a screen reader in Word
• Basic tasks using a screen reader with Word
• Use a screen reader to save a document in Word

(Windows), (macOS), (iOS), (Android), (Windows 10 App), (Web)

• Use a screen reader to explore and navigate Word

(Windows), (macOS), (iOS), (Android), (Windows 10 App), (Web)

Templates

• Accessible Word template sampler
• Check document accessibility
• Create accessible links in Word
• Creating accessible documents
• Improve accessibility with alt text
• Create accessible file names
• Improve accessibility with heading styles
• Create accessible tables in Word

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Excel

Articles

• Make your Excel documents accessible to people with disabilities

(Windows) (macOS) (iOS) (Android), (Windows 10 app) (Web)

• Add alt text to images
• Add alt text to PivotCharts
• Toggle the Automatic Alt Text on and off

Webinars

• Excel Tips and Tricks

Templates

• Accessible Excel template sampler

Videos

• Start with an accessible Excel template
• Create more accessible tables in Excel
• Create more accessible tables in Excel

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PowerPoint

Webinars

• Watch Present more inclusively with Live Captions and Subtitles in PowerPoint
• Present more inclusively with PowerPoint

Templates

• Accessible PowerPoint template sampler

Videos

• Create more accessible slides
• Design slides for people with dyslexia
• Improve image accessibility in PowerPoint
• Save a presentation in a different format
• Use more accessible colors and styles

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SharePoint

Webinars

• Accessible Content in SharePoint

OneNote

Webinars

• Watch Tips and Tricks with OneNote

Outlook

Articles

• Improve email accessibility
• Improve image accessibility in email
• Add accessible tables and lists to email

Webinars

• Accessibility Features in Outlook for Windows

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OneDrive

Articles

• Accessibility support for OneDrive

Webinars

• Accessible Content in OneDrive

Stream

Articles

• Accessibility support for Microsoft Stream

(iOS) (Android) (Web)

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Other References

• Ryerson's Guide on Accessible Documents
• Government of Canada Digital Accessibility Toolkit
• WebAIM: Microsoft Word - Creating Accessible Documents
• WebAIM: PowerPoint Accessibility
• AbilityNet: Creating Accessible Documents
• UK Gov: Publishing Accessible Documents
• Accessible Digital Documents and Websites
• uOttawa's Guide on Accessible Documents

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