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Event: Digital Accessibility Bytes: Accessible Word Documents
Starts: Friday 9/18/2026 11:30 AM
Ends: Friday 9/18/2026 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Presenters: Carlos Perez, Center for Teaching Excellence
Hosted By: Center for Teaching Excellence
Contact Information: cte@tamu.edu
Description: Microsoft Word is often the starting point for creating course materials, handouts, and other instructional resources.

In this 30-minute session, you will explore practical strategies for creating accessible Word documents that are usable by all learners. You will learn how to structure documents with headings, apply accessible formatting, create meaningful hyperlinks, write effective alternative text for images, build accessible tables, and use Microsoft Word's built-in Accessibility Checker to identify and resolve common issues.

Learning Outcomes: Participants will be able to…

1) Utilize the built-in Accessibility Checker in Word to identify and fix common issues.
2) Apply remediation techniques to improve accessibility in Word documents.




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Open to: Faculty Staff
Registration Starts: Tuesday 7/21/2026 1:00 AM
Registration Ends: Thursday 9/17/2026 11:00 PM
Seats Available: 44 of 50
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