Users with strong visual learning styles can benefit greatly from images. Users with learning difficulties can find relevant images more meaningful than text alone. Users with poorer English skills can benefit from images. 8ĩ MS Word: Images Users with print related difficulties may find well labelled images much more meaningful than a lot of text. (View Tab> Tick the Document Map button). Use styles (Home Tab > Styles MS Word built-in navigation system: The document map. Users can quickly customise styles to their own preferences (e.g., colour-coded headings). Users with learning difficulties can identify the main ideas of a lengthy document at a glance. A motor impaired user can access the whole document with minimal keyboard or mouse movement. Users with poorer English skills can extract the key concepts before negotiating the dense text. Users of screen magnifiers can focus on the key concepts within the text. Do not use textured/patterned background. Use cream instead of white paper (less glare).

Black text on white background may be too severe. 5Ĭontrast between font and background colour. 4ĥ MS Word: Font Styles Use Sans Serif fonts, (e.g.) Verdana, Arial. Images (contrast, alternative text, captions, screen tips). With thanks to Margaret Phelan of ITT who provided the content for this presentation.ģ 25, 28, 13 Eels, elves, weevils, geese What is it like to have Dyslexia? 3Ĥ MS Word Fonts (styles, colours and contrast). Presentation on theme: 'Accessibility in Digital Documentation'- Presentation transcript:

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