Accessibility means more than making sure our web sites are Section 508 compliant.  While we do provide information in our training on web site accessibility itself, one needs to think about documents that are provided on our web sites and through other methods such as email and file sharing (e.g. Google Drive, Dropbox).  These links provide resources on making accessible documents in Office and as PDFs.

• If you create the PDF from a Word document, make sure the Word document is accessible before you convert it to PDF.  You may want to read the following help article from WebAIM:  PDF Accessibility: Converting Documents to PDF.
•  Adobe Acrobat also provides helpful information about creating accessible PDF files from Word.
• If a PDF is going to be posted on our web site, we have information on best practices for posting PDF files.
• Microsoft Office Support has step-by-step instructions for creating accessible PDFs from several Office applications.

For people who are visual learner we have Lynda.com videos.  Once you have access to Lynda.com the following video are available:

• A full course on creating accessible Microsoft Office documents Do not be overwhelmed with the 26 short videos. You have the option to watch all of them in order, or just choose the videos that meet your learning need at this time.  Applications covered are Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• This short video checking document accessibility.