Featured video: Microsoft 365 Accessibility Assistant: Excel (YouTube, 6:20)
Microsoft Excel is the most widely used spreadsheet application in the world, used for accounting, data management, scheduling, and numerous other financial and data-centered tasks. Document users should consider these tips when working with Microsoft Excel (links open at Microsoft.com unless otherwise indicated):
- Best practices for making Excel spreadsheets accessible
- Check accessibility while you work in Excel
- Create accessible tables
- Use an accessible template
- Add text to cell A1
- Add alt text to visuals
- Add accessible hyperlink text and ScreenTips
- Use accessible font format and color
- Create accessible charts
- Rename worksheets
- Delete blank worksheets
- Name cells and ranges
- Test the accessibility of your worksheets
Microsoft Excel Resources
How to Make an Accessible Spreadsheet in Excel (Section508.gov, 10 videos)