Images used for purely decorative purposes (i.e., those that do not provide any meaningful information) should not have alternative text. Alternative text should provide sufficient information so that users who are unable to see them are still able to understand what they convey. This descriptive text should be limited to 120 characters for simple images, while the alternative text for graphs, tables, and complex images (such as detailed maps and diagrams) should give a brief summary of the included information. Alternate TextĪlternative text for images, charts, graphs, and tables is vital to ensuring that users with visual impairments have access to information included in these visuals. If the language you want to choose is not under the Editing Languages installed, select the drop-down and pick the appropriate language option from there. After you have made your selection, left-click "Set as Default" to make this the default language for your document. To change your language settings, simply click on the language that you wish to choose under Choose Editing Language.
To do this, click on the File tab in the top menu navigation, and then select Options.Īfter you have selected Options, the Excel Options menu will open up, select the Language option in the left-side menu of this option. In order to make sure that assistive and adaptive technologies can correctly interpret and read your document, you need to make sure to set an appropriate language declaration for your document.
In this tutorial, following accessibility features of Microsoft Excel will be covered:
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This tutorial will walk Windows users with Microsoft Excel 2010 through the use of these features. Microsoft Excel has a number of tools the document creator can use to make the documents they create accessible. Creating Accessible Excel Documents Introduction