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About This Page
This page includes information about and/or links to
- the University's writing style guide, which includes sections on capitalization, acronyms, and punctuation
- accessible writing and document creation
- accessibility and writing for the web training
Accessibility and Writing for the Web Training
IT Professional Development (ITPD) offers courses on accessibility and writing for the web.
Writing Style Guide
The Library follows the University of Waterloo's Writing Style Guide. Consult the Writing Style Guide for information on:
Accessible Writing and Document Creation
- Online Learning Object Repository (OLOR)The Library's OLOR has interactive modules for creating accessible Word documents and tagging PDFs for accessibility.
- Accessibility TipsA great place to start! Concise tips made available on the University of Waterloo's Web Resources site.
- Creating Accessible PDFsWebAIM. Describes how to convert documents into PDFs so they are accessible.
- Creating Accessible Word FilesMicrosoft. "Offers guidance on ways to create Microsoft Word documents to make them more accessible."
- Creating Accessible PowerPoint FilesMicrosoft. "Offers guidance on ways to create Microsoft PowerPoint presentations to make them more accessible."