This accessibility toolkit will provide the information you need to make your web content and documents accessible for State of Missouri citizens and employees.
Audience: All staff who create documents or web content posted to State of Missouri websites or intranet sites.
Why We Are Doing This Work
The State of Missouri has had a state accessibility statute since 1999 and an accessibility standard document since 2003.
Checklists to Make Your Work Easier
DOCUMENT ACCESSIBILITY TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE CONTENT PLANNING/CREATION
Should my content be a document or a webpage?
The first question to ask if you are planning to share content as a digital document (Word, PowerPoint, PDF, etc.):
Should it be a document or a webpage?
Fillable Forms: Web Form vs. Fillable Word Document vs. Fillable PDF Form
When it comes to fillable forms, a web form will be fundamentally the easiest format to make accessible. This would be followed by a fillable PDF form (see
WebAIM article on PDF Accessibility).
The order from most to least accessible:
- Web form
- Fillable PDF Form
- Fillable Word Form
PDF Document/Form From State Printing?
If a PDF Document or fillable form was designed by state printing and needs accessibility fixes, contact your state printing representative.
Your guide to text and non-text Color Contrast
This relates to both document text and image text
Tools to check color contrast:
Training to Grow Your Accessibility Skills
The Web accessibility awareness and document accessibility course you just completed is part of an accessibility learning path, which includes:
Web Accessibility questions?
Contact
Lainie Strange, Web Accessibility Specialist (OA/ITSD-Web Team)
573-751-1570
