General guidelines

General guidelines for accessible documents

Each of these guidelines is crucial to create a document with a base level of accessibility:

• Provide a descriptive title
• Use appropriate language for the audience
• Arrange a clear document structure
• Provide alternative text for visual content
• Write descriptive labels for links
• Apply color sparingly

These core guidelines for accessibility should be applied to all documents, regardless of the authoring tool or software. However, individual applications of these guidelines to each document may vary based on the authoring tool used.