{"id":2819,"date":"2015-02-09T10:46:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T15:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2819"},"modified":"2015-02-09T10:46:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T15:46:00","slug":"dept-of-ed-accessible-documents-guidelines-2915","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2819","title":{"rendered":"Dept. of ED Accessible Documents Guidelines, 2\/9\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ED Accessibility Requirements for Electronic Documents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/web-guidance\/accessibility\/accessibility-september-11-memo.pdf\">Sept 2011 Memorandum to Assistant Secretaries<\/a>\u2014Memo outlines federal legal requirements on accessibility and ED&#8217;s initiative to improve IT and Internet accessibility.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/web-guidance\/accessibility\/key-concepts.doc\">Key Concepts for Creating Accessible Documents<\/a>\u2014Concepts from Section 508 requirements to create accessible documents usable by individuals with any type of disability.<\/p>\n<p>Below are requirements for making accessible documents at ED listed by document type.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Microsoft Office Word<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NEW!!!<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/web-guidance\/accessibility\/word-2010.docx\">Word 2010 Accessibility Requirements<\/a> <strong>Please Note:<\/strong> If you are using an older version of Microsoft (before 2010), you may need to download the Compatibility Pac to view this document.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/web-guidance\/accessibility\/word-2007.doc\">Word 2007 Accessibility Requirements<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/web-guidance\/accessibility\/word-2007-checklist.doc\">Word 2007 Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Microsoft Office PowerPoint<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/web-guidance\/accessibility\/powerpoint-2010.doc\">PowerPoint 2010 Accessibility Requirements<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/web-guidance\/accessibility\/powerpoint-2010-checklist.doc\">PowerPoint 2010 Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/web-guidance\/accessibility\/powerpoint-2007.doc\">PowerPoint 2007 Accessibility Requirements<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/web-guidance\/accessibility\/powerpoint-2007-checklist.doc\">PowerPoint 2007 Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Microsoft Office Excel<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/web-guidance\/accessibility\/excel-2010.doc\">Excel 2010 Accessibility Requirements<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/web-guidance\/accessibility\/excel-2010-checklist.doc\">Excel 2010 Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/web-guidance\/accessibility\/excel-2007.doc\">Excel 2007 Accessibility Requirements<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/web-guidance\/accessibility\/excel-2007-checklist.doc\">Excel 2007 Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PDF Documents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/web-guidance\/accessibility\/acrobat-x.doc\">Adobe Acrobat X (Professional) Accessibility Requirements<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/web-guidance\/accessibility\/acrobat-x-checklist.doc\">Acrobat X (Professional) Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/web-guidance\/accessibility\/acrobat-9.doc\">Adobe Acrobat 9 (Professional)Accessibility Requirements<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/web-guidance\/accessibility\/acrobat-9-checklist.doc\">Acrobat 9 (Professional) Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=149587675112835\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2819\" layout=\"standard\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"450\" action=\"like\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ED Accessibility Requirements for Electronic Documents Sept 2011 Memorandum to Assistant Secretaries\u2014Memo outlines federal legal requirements on accessibility and ED&#8217;s initiative to improve IT and Internet accessibility. 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