Practical guidance
Creating accessible digital content helps ensure that the content and services we produce can be used by as many people as possible.
This section focuses on how to create accessible digital content in practice. Whether you’re writing web pages, designing documents, preparing presentations, creating videos, or sharing content online, a few simple changes can significantly improve accessibility.
Get started: Choose a topic below to explore practical tips and tools to help you make your digital content more accessible.
Writing accessible web content
Guidance and principles to apply when writing online content.
Read writing guidance
Using images accessibly
How to use images accessibly across web pages, documents, presentations and emails.
Read image guidance
Creating accessible documents
How to create accessible Word documents and PDFs.
Read documents guidance
Designing accessible presentations
Tips on creating accessible presentations for lectures, conferences or meetings.
Read presentations guidance
Sending inclusive emails
Best practice for writing clear, accessible, and inclusive emails.
Read email guidance
Producing accessible videos and audio
Practical guidance on making video and audio content accessible.
Read video and audio guidance
Creating accessible forms and surveys
How to design inclusive forms and surveys using clear questions, accessible labels and platform accessibility features.
Read forms and surveys guidance
Sharing accessible social media content
Guidance on creating accessible social media posts using alt text, captions and inclusive writing.
Read social media guidance
Guidance for website managers
Testing a website for accessibility
Guidance for checking and improving website accessibility.
Read testing guidance
Creating and publishing an accessibility statement
Guidance for creating and publishing a website accessibility statement.
Read accessibility statement guidance
Microsoft 365 accessibility guidance
Visit the Microsoft 365: Help and Support sharepoint site for detailed guidance on creating accessible content using Microsoft 365 tools, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.
- Microsoft 365: Help and Support (login required)