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Below are questions that will help you establish if your Microsoft Office document is accessible. We provide the Success Criteria in reference with WCAG 2.1: [How to Meet WCAG - Quick Reference](http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/quickref/) and the [Canada.ca Content Style Guide](https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/government-communications/canada-content-style-guide.html).
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Remember to answer NA (not application) if a question is not relevant to your document. For example, there are no table of content in Excel documents.
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Remember to answer NA (not applicable) if a question is not relevant to your document. For example, there is no table of content in Excel documents.
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If you answer ‘No’ to one of the following questions, then your document IS NOT accessible.
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## A. General information
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## General
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<li class="mrgn-bttm-md"><span class="far fa-square mrgn-rght-md" aria-hidden="true"></span>A1 (2.4.2) – Are document Properties filled out properly (title, author, subject)?</li>
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<li class="mrgn-bttm-md"><span class="far fa-square mrgn-rght-md" aria-hidden="true"></span>A3 (4.1.1) – Did the document fully pass the Accessibility Checker ?<sup id="fn1-rf"><a class="fn-lnk" href="#fn1"><span class="wb-inv">Footnote </span>1</a></sup></li>
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<li class="mrgn-bttm-md"><span class="far fa-square mrgn-rght-md" aria-hidden="true"></span>A6 (1.4.4) – Can all the text be resized and still be considered readable when magnified to 200%?</li>
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<li class="mrgn-bttm-md"><span class="far fa-square mrgn-rght-md" aria-hidden="true"></span>A7 (3.3.2) – Is the document free from electronically fillable forms?</li>
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<li class="mrgn-bttm-md"><span class="far fa-square mrgn-rght-md" aria-hidden="true"></span>A8 – Does the readability grade level meet the target audience: up to grade 8 for public audience and up to grade 10 for internal to ESDC? <sup id="fn2-rf"><a class="fn-lnk" href="#fn2"><span class="wb-inv">Footnote </span>2</a></sup></li>
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<li class="mrgn-bttm-md"><span class="far fa-square mrgn-rght-md" aria-hidden="true"></span>A9 (3.1.4) – Are all acronyms provided in full words (or spell out) the first time they are in usage in the document?</li>
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<li class="mrgn-bttm-md"><span class="far fa-square mrgn-rght-md" aria-hidden="true"></span>Did the document fully pass the Accessibility Checker? (4.1.1)</li>
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<li class="mrgn-bttm-md"><span class="far fa-square mrgn-rght-md" aria-hidden="true"></span>Is the document free from content such as comments, track changes, and highlight? (1.3.1)</li>
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<li class="mrgn-bttm-md"><span class="far fa-square mrgn-rght-md" aria-hidden="true"></span>Is the order of the content accurate and logical (instructions or introduction first)? (1.3.2)</li>
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<li class="mrgn-bttm-md"><span class="far fa-square mrgn-rght-md" aria-hidden="true"></span>Can all the text be resized and still be considered readable when magnified to 200%? (1.4.4)</li>
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## Colour
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- This checklist was built using information on [Making Files Accessible](https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/accessibility-checklists/index.html) from the Digital Communications Division (<abbr>DCD</abbr>).
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- Success criteria refer to [How to Meet WCAG 2.1 - Quick Reference](http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/quickref/)
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- For more information on using plain language, refer to [Canada.ca Content Style Guide](https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/government-communications/canada-content-style-guide.html).
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- Microsoft has numerous FREE videos on their Youtube channel [MSFTEnable](https://www.youtube.com/user/MSFTEnable) with good learning tool.
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<p>The Accessibility Checker is a useful tool found in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. It will really assist you in making your document accessible by telling you what is not accessible and how to fix it. To learn more about this tool, consult Microsoft <a href="https://support.office.com/en-en/article/r%C3%A8gles-pour-le-v%C3%A9rificateur-d-accessibilit%C3%A9-651e08f2-0fc3-4e10-aaca-74b4a67101c1">Rules for the Accessibility Checker</a>.</p>
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<p>Refer to <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/government-communications/canada-content-style-guide.html#toc6">Canada.ca Content Style Guide - Plain language</a>.</p>
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