Tools & Tips (Creating/Using Alternate Formats)
Creating Accessible Documents
This resource page is constantly changing as new and great resources are available.
- Videos to Create Accessible Microsoft Office documents (Word, E-mail, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Features of an Inclusive, Accessible Office 365
- Instructions to Create Accessible documents
- Using Adobe Acrobat to Create, Edit, OCR PDF documents
- Make your Word documents accessible
Presentations
AU’s Accessible ICT Checklist
This is one example of an accessibility checklist for online learning ICT that can be applied to ICT (Information, Communication & Technology)
read&write for AU Students and Staff

read&write is a floating toolbar that operates on different platforms to provide tools for reading, studying and writing:
- scan (TWAIN scanner not included)
- e-highlight documents (MS-Word, PDF, web)
- export highlights to MS-Word document
- text to speech reading aloud
- make audio files
- decoding tools
Details about features can be found on the TextHELP website or video links found in the installation guide. You need your Athabasca University O365 email address to license read&write to your device.
Updated January 11, 2021 by Student & Academic Web Services (sas@athabascau.ca)