MICROSOFT WORD 2010
508 ACCESSIBILITY CHECKLIST

A
Alternate text (image)
Alternate text (shapes, lines, boxes, decoration)
Alternate text (table)
Alternate text (text box)
ALT TEXT GUIDE
ALT TEXT GUIDE
Attributes (document properties)

B
Blank cells (tables)
Blank paragraphs
Blank Table Rows or Columns
Borders (tables)

C
Caption (image)
Caption (table)
Carriage returns (for paragraph spacing)
Changing languages
Chart
Color redundancy
Color to Contrast
Color to convey information
Column Header (table with empty cells)

Column Header (table with header row)
Complex Tables: Merged/Split Cells
Converting Word to .pdf
Cross references

D
Document Properties

E

F
Figure
Floating objects

G
Graphic

H
Header (tables)
Headings & heading styles
Headings (levels, hierarchy)
Headings (table with empty cells)
Headings (table with header row)
Hierarchy of headings
High contrast

I
Illustration
Image
In-line (image)
In-line (table)

J

K

L
Label (image)
Label (table)
Language Setting
Level of headings
Links
List Formatting
Low contrast

M
Merged cells (tables)
Missing Alt Text: Picture, Text Box, or other elements
Missing Alt Text: Table

N
No Header Row Specified

O
Objects not Inline

P
Page layout (inline objects)
Page structure (headings)
Paragraph (language settings)
Photo
Picture
Properties

Q

R
Redundant use of color
References (table of contents, index)
Repeated Blank Characters
Return characters (for paragraph spacing)

Row Header (table with empty cells)
Row Header (table with header row)

S
Skipped Heading Level
Span Headings (Tables)
Spanish (language settings)
Split cells (tables)

T
Table (headers)
Tables (complex with merged or split cells)
Tables (headers for complex layouts)
Tables (merged or split cells)
Text Box
Text wrapping (around objects)
Title (properties)

Titles & title style
Titles (heading level)

U
Unclear Hyperlink Text
Unstructured Document
URL
Using Word's Built-In auto Accessibility Checker

V

W
Wrapping (text around objects)

X

Y

Z