Educational Webinar
Excel Efficiency: Spreadsheet Accessibility
Webinar Highlights
In this timely presentation Excel expert David H. Ringstrom, CPA shows you how you can make spreadsheets accessible for users relying on assistive technology. Not surprisingly doing so actually makes spreadsheets more accessible for all users. David will show you how to make spreadsheets that are compatible with Section 508 of the United States federal law that requires all users to have equal access to government documents. You'll learn design strategies, shortcuts, and how to use the Accessibility Checker in certain Excel versions to check for issues before sharing a workbook.
David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2021, 2019, 2016, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the webcast.
Microsoft 365 is a subscription-based product that provides new feature updates as often as monthly. Conversely, the perpetual licensed versions of Excel have feature sets that don't change. Perpetual licensed versions have year numbers, such as Excel 2021, Excel 2019, and so on.
Learning Session
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Speakers
David Ringstrom, President & CPA, Accounting Advisors
David H. Ringstrom is a CPA and owner of Accounting Advisors, Inc., an Atlanta-based spreadsheet consulting firm that he started in 1991. David speaks at conferences on Excel and presents scores of webinars each year. He is an author and served as the technical editor for over 30 books on accounting software. Some of his freelance articles on spreadsheets have been published internationally.
Jennifer Robbins, Webinar Manager, Illumeo
Jennifer is a marketing specialist and the webinar manager for Illumeo. She has been a part of more than 300 webinar presentations, supporting our expert presenters and Illumeo users alike. When she’s not moderating webinars, she’s creating and managing marketing content.
Objectives
After attending this event you will be able to:- State which feature in Excel can read text aloud to users.
- State how to add alternate text to floating objects in Excel spreadsheets to improve accessibility.
- State the purpose of cell styles.
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