Accessible documents

Below are some guidelines for ensuring that your documents are accessible:

• All documents, including PDFs must be fully accessible
• Documents must have an informative and meaningful title
• Text should be left aligned, not justified
• Avoid underlining, except for links
• Do not use colour or shape alone to show meaning
• Do not use images containing text
• All links should be meaningful out of context, without reading the surrounding text
• Tables should only be used for data, not for laying out other types of content
• Avoid splitting or merging cells in tables
• Tables must have appropriate alt text
• Each table must have one header row and one header column. The headers should not be visually communicated by formatting the text using size or colour
• Always run your final document through the programme’s accessibility checker before converting to PDF