Microsoft Excel Accessibility

Microsoft Excel provides a built-in accessibility checker that identifies accessibility errors, warnings and tips to make your document more accessible.  In addition, this feature offers “how to” instructions to fix accessibility issues.

• Use the Office 365 accessibility checker

Microsoft Excel has excellent resources with in-depth instructions for incorporating accessibly best practices into documents. 

• Accessibility best practices with Excel spreadsheets
• Video series on accessibility best practices in Excel spreadsheets

Strategy for Creating Accessible Excel Spreadsheets

• Add text to cell A1.
• Add Alternative Text for all images and charts in your document
• Define the Table Name for all tables with identifiable titles
• Use the Name Manager to work with all the defined names and table names in a workbook
• Check your spreadsheet with the built-in Accessibility Checker in Microsoft Excel. Fix accessibility “errors” and address the “warnings” and “tips” flagged by the Accessibility Checker. For more information, see how to Improve Accessibility with the Accessibility Checker.