DEAN - Disability Education Association NSW/ACT Inc.

Introduction - Good use of Microsoft Word Styles, headings and specific formatting rather than frequent tab characters, spaces and carriage returns to present a document make it much easier for a screen reader user or someone requiring Braille to work with your learning materials. Text-to-speech and careful use of colour can also help those with specific learning difficulties and colour deficiencies. All this can also make it easier for you to convert documents into accessible PDFs or Web Pages. If you are using Office 2007, ensure your files are backward-compatible with previous versions of Word by saving as Word 97-2003 Document.