TIAL: Creating Accessible Digital Documents, Microsoft Word and Outlook

TIAL: Creating Accessible Digital Documents, Microsoft Word and Outlook

Join Matt Geeza, director of the CT Library for Accessible Books (CT LAB), for a 90-minute session that will cover the basics of creating accessible Word documents and Outlook emails. This session will highlight the features built into Word and Outlook that can be utilized to ensure that your documents and emails can be read by all.

About Creating Accessible Digital Documents

This series consists of five workshops that focus on creating documents that are accessible for people who use screen readers and/or keyboards to navigate through digital content. The goal of this series is to provide library workers in CT with foundational knowledge needed to create accessible digital documents that comply with the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) 2024 Title II ruling on the accessibility of Web Content and Mobile apps provided by state and local governments.

Workshops in this series will focus primarily on the suite of applications that are part of Microsoft’s Office 365: Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel.  The fourth workshop in this series will also cover the basics of creating accessible PDFs.  

Presenter: 

Matt Geeza serves as the director of the CT Library for Accessible Books (CT LAB) and the Middletown Library Service Center (MLSC) with the CT State Library Division of Library Development.

Recording and Slides:

This program is being recorded, and the recording and slides will be made available on the TIAL LibGuide.

Who Should Come?

This series is perfect for any library worker that creates materials using Office 365 applications. It will be especially helpful for anyone who creates documents that are made available on a library website or meant to be distributed to library patrons.  

Accessibility 

This webinar will be captioned. If you require another access service to participate fully, please use the Accommodation Request Form at least 14 days prior to the event.

Related LibGuide: Towards Inclusive Accessibility in Libraries (TIAL) by Suzanne Kiss

Date:
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Time:
10:00am - 11:30am
Location:
Online - at your computer
Categories:
DLD Online Webinar
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Event Accessibility for Guests with Disabilities

We want to provide what you need to participate!

If you require access services to participate fully, please use the Accommodation Request Form at least 7 days prior to the event.

If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact Gail Hurley at gail.hurley@ct.gov or (860) 704-2223.

You can also see our Library and Accessibility LibGuide for more information.

Registration Eligibility

To register for a DLD workshop or webinar, you must be one of the following:

  • current library staff member
  • undergraduate or graduate library student
  • Friend or Board Member/Trustee*
  • retired or unemployed library staff

Please contact Gail Hurley at gail.hurley@ct.gov or (860) 704-2223 with registration questions.

*Unless otherwise specified that a Friend or Board Member/Trustee is not eligible for a training or workshop.

Note: paid consultants are not eligible to attend DLD workshops or webinars.

Cancellation Policy

If you cannot attend a workshop you have registered for, please remember to cancel at least 3 days in advance so we can give your spot to someone else. You can cancel via the link in your confirmation email, or by contacting Gail Hurley gail.hurley@ct.gov | (860) 704-2222.

Those who miss (without cancelling) 3 events within a 6-month period will be placed on the waiting list when registering for future events. Be sure to sign in when you arrive for any workshop.

Inclement Weather Policy

For all in-person workshops offered by the CT State Library, Division of Library Development:

If the public schools in the town where the workshop is to be held close due to weather, the workshop will be canceled. If the schools have a delay, the workshop will go on as scheduled.

For the most up-to-date information, call us at 860-704-2200.

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Continuing Education workshops and the professional development collection are funded in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Connecticut State Library.