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From: Sarah Ferguson
Date: Jan 11, 2019 9:05AM

I've been asked to create an excel sheet that can be used like a form. I've
never really had to make accessible excel sheets before. High-contrast need
is a given. I applied table style to the two sections of the sheet that are
meant to be filled, but not the parts with the sheet title or the
directions for filling the form. I used the locked and hidden features so
you can tab to all cells with text or cells meant to be filled out, but not
to surrounding blank cells. I only used merging in the cells with
directions, not in any of the "table" cells. Is this how I should be
treating this document? Anything I should keep in mind as best practices or
things I am doing that will actually make it harder to use?

Thanks

Sarah Ferguson
Web Accessibility Specialist