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Accessibility Essentials
Navigating Documents
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Navigating the Text
Figure 1 - Option to show the Document Map within the Show/Hide group
If viewing a document using Microsoft
® Word you can navigate the text using the inbuilt navigation system (the Document Map).
- Navigate to theViewtab and tick theDocument Mapcheckbox from within theShow/Hidegroup (Figure 1).
- If the document was created using the inbuilt styles and headings a dynamic navigation menu will appear on the left of the screen (see Figure 2). The Document Map enables the reader to expand and contract sections and jump straight to the relevant section of a longer document.
Figure 2 - Document Showing the Document Map
For further information about creating a document using the inbuilt styles and headings see JISC Techdis Accessibility Essentials 2: Writing Accessible Documents using Microsoft
® Word.