Accessibility Services (ZAB)
Creating accessible documents
During studies, Information is conveyed in a variety of ways. Lectures accompanied by visual presentations, lecture notes in PDF format, and exercise sheets in Word documents are most likely well-known to you. These formats can, however, be especially challenging for people with cognitive or physical impairments, as the content will not be easily accessible to them. In light of this, we have provided guides on how to create accessible documents for various programs and platforms on this page. On the one hand, they describe how exactly documents can be made accessible and on the other, they show how accessibility can be tested using the in-built tools of different programs.
Clear structured pages and easily accessible content ultimately increases usability for all of us. At present, this page still contains links to some instructions from external providers. We are in the process of replacing these with our own guides using both text and video, allowing active participation for everyone.
Creating Accessible documents with Microsoft Word 2019/365
Guide to creating accessible documents with Microsoft Word 2019/365.
How to create accessible documents with Microsoft Word
Creating Accessible documents with PowerPoint 2019/365
Guide to creating accessible documents with PowerPoint 2019/365.
How to create accessible documents with PowerPoint
Creating Accessible documents with Adobe InDesign 2019/365
Creating Accessible documents with Adobe InDesign 2019/365
How to create accessible documents with Adobe InDesign
Creating Accessible documents with LaTeX
LaTeX is the typesetting system widely used for academic publishing in the field of natural sciences. This page contains information on the current state of accessibility as well as planned developments. It also lists methods for making LaTeX documents as accessible as possible.
Accessible document creation with LaTeX.
Creating Accessible documents with LibreOffice
Für das Programm LibreOffice finden momentan ebenfalls Entwicklungen statt, um Dokumente barrierefreier zu bekommen. Es gibt Anleitungen der Document Foundation zur Erstellung barrierefreier PDFs sowie eine Anleitung von netz-barrierefrei.
The LibreOffice program is also being developed currently to make documents more accessible. The Document Foundation has provided a guide on how to create accessible PDFs. There is also a guide to creating accessible PDFs published by the organization ‘Netz-barrierefrei’ (website in German).