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Middlesex Creating Accessible Digital Assets

Accessibility Guidelines for Spreadsheets

  • Write a worksheet summary.
  • Write clear and meaningful row and column labels.
  • Freeze rows or columns to aid usability
  • Include alternative text with all visuals.
  • Add meaningful hyperlink text and ScreenTips.
  • Give all sheet tabs unique names, and remove blank sheets.
  • Use a simple table structure, and specify column header information.

Create more accessible tables in Excel