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Go to the Insert Tab.
Select Table, then Table Templates and choose a Template.
The table will appear in your document. Now fill in your data.
Now we have to tag the header cells. This is important because tagging the cells will tell the screen reader which order to read them in. To tag the header cells, go to the Extensions Tab and launch Grackle Docs.
Grackle’s Accessibility Checker will appear on the right side of the screen. Click the blue check button to check the page. Once the check is complete, scroll down to the table section. You will see a red x next to “tables must be tagged or marked as layout tables.”
Click the red tag button and you will see the Tag Table Menu. In the Tag Table menu, check the boxes for “Mark first row as header”. Then click the blue update button.
Click the blue Re-Check button in the Accessibility Checker. If your table gets a green check mark, you are ready to go.
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To create a chart,
Go to the Insert Tab.
Click Chart and choose your chart style. For this example, we will use a column chart.
A chart will appear with a link to Google Sheets. In Google Sheets you can manipulate the data anyway you want. After you are finished typing in your data, go to your document and click the refresh button on your chart. The new data will be visible.
To keep the chart fully accessible, make sure you have an easy to read font and a good size. Like Times New Roman Size 12, and Size 30 for the title. Also, make the title of the chart, and the data on the x and y axis visible. These edits can only be made in Google Sheets.
If you are trying to place your chart on a document full of text, be sure the chart is inline with the text. The chart cannot interfere with any of the test. We do not want it to be distracting to the readers.
Now you must add Alt Text to the chart. To do so, right click the chart and select Edit Alt Text. In the Alt Text Side Bar, explain your chart in less than 150 characters.
Finally, consider adding a long description. Long descriptions are detailed explanations that tell the reader, in lots of details, what is on a page or graph or chart. Another way to do it is by creating a small table with the same data.
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The long description describes the bar graph down to the last detail. No information is left out and is easily readable for screen readers and will not confuse the reader. |
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