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Design with accessibility in mind. Only use our template styles, including character styles for common formatting such as bold and italic. Resist overriding template styles.

http://www.webaim.org/

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Use our latest FrameMaker template that consolidates all paragraph styles into each file in the book.
Important note! If you prefer to import styles from the new template rather than starting with an empty file, do not import styles into the TOC. Use the new TOC template file.

L:\Technical Writing\Templates\FrameMaker Templates\Current FM Templates

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Add alternate text to images.
FrameMaker 7.0

1. Place all graphics in anchored frames.
2. Click an anchored frame one time to select it.
3. Right-click the anchored frame and select Object Properties.
4. Click the Object Attributes button. The Object Attributes dialog box appears.
5. In the Alternate box, type an alternate text description for the content of the anchored frame
6. Click Set and then Set again. A screen reader can now read the alternate text.

4

Use row and column headings and captions for all tables. Do not merge table rows or columns. Do not allow rows to break across pages.

5

Use meaningful link anchors rather than URLs when possible. Use the Go to URL hypertext marker for all URLs in FrameMaker.

6

In the PDF Setup dialog box, select Generate PDF Bookmarks, Generate Tagged PDF (click Default to tag all styles), and Create Named Destinations for All Paragraphs.
Use the latest book file in the template to inherit appropriate bookmark and tag options.  

1

Design with accessibility in mind. Only use our template styles, including character styles for common formatting such as bold and italic. Resist overriding template styles.
http://www.webaim. org/

2

Add alternate text to images.

Word 2003

1. Right-click the image, then select Format Picture. The Format Picture dialog box appears. Note: If the Format Picture menu option is not available, show the Picture toolbar and click the Format Picture button.
   
2. Select the Web tab and then add the appropriate alternative text.

Word 2007

1. Right-click the picture and select Size. The Size dialog box appears.
   
2. Select the Alt Text tab. The image file name is entered into the field by default.
   
3. Delete the image file name and enter appropriate alternate text.

4

Use meaningful link anchors rather than URLs when possible.

5

Configure PDFMaker to tag the document properly.
In Word 2003, select Adobe PDF > Change Conversion Settings.

• On the Settings tab, select Bookmarks, Links, and Enable Accessibility and reflow.
• On the Word tab, select Convert cross references, Convert footnote and endnote links, and Enable advanced tagging.
• On the Bookmarks tab, select Convert Word Headings to Bookmarks and set the proper indent levels.