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Create spreadsheets with good data structure for accessibility that are easier to navigate & use with assistive technologies.MAKE YOUR DOCUMENTS WORK FOR EVERYONE: MICROSOFT EXCEL
Your registration includes a hands-on tech help lab on November 25.
Your spreadsheet may contain all the right information—but can everyone understand, navigate, and use it?
Join Lidia Durando, Founder of Make It Accessible (MIA), for a practical workshop on creating Microsoft Excel spreadsheets that are easier to navigate and use with assistive technologies.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own fully charged laptop to the workshop so they can follow along in Microsoft Excel on their own device and reinforce what they're learning in real time.
WE'LL COVER:
• Why document accessibility matters • Structuring data for accessibility • Tables and headers • Organizing worksheets • Meaningful sheet names • Navigation • Common accessibility barriers in Excel • Using accessibility checking tools
Take away: Practical strategies for making your spreadsheets easier to understand, navigate, and use.
HANDS-ON TECH HELP LAB — INCLUDED WITH YOUR REGISTRATION
November 25 | 6:00–7:30 PM
Return for a hands-on practice lab where you can apply what you've learned to your own Excel files with instructor coaching and guidance.
Bring your fully charged laptop and Microsoft Excel files . You'll have the opportunity to create or revise your own spreadsheets, ask questions, and get practical help as you work.
REQUIRED FOR ATTENDANCE
Participants must have a working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and have Microsoft Excel already installed on the laptop or computer they bring to the workshop and hands-on lab.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Small & Medium Businesses Make your customer communications, forms, reports, and business documents more inclusive.
Teachers & Educators Create learning materials and resources that are accessible to more students.
Trainers & Professionals Make the documents and information you share with colleagues and clients more accessible.
Organizations & Community Groups Build accessibility into everyday communication—not as an afterthought, but from the beginning.
MEET YOUR TRAINER
Lidia Durando Accessibility Consultant • Trainer • Founder, Make It Accessible
Lidia is an award-winning accessibility professional with more than 15 years of experience in information technology, training, and accessibility leadership. She brings extensive real-world experience to accessibility training, making complex concepts practical, understandable, and achievable.
• Former Accessibility and Inclusion Lead with the Ontario Public Service, Treasury Board Secretariat • Delivered accessibility training to more than 15,000 Ontario public servants • More than 10 years of experience implementing accessibility requirements, including the AODA and IASR • Helped organizations develop practical and sustainable accessibility programs • Recipient of multiple Ontario Public Service awards • Trusted accessibility advisor and founder of Make It Accessible
"Accessibility doesn't have to be complicated. Let's make it simple, clear, and accessible."
ABOUT THE SERIES
Three workshops. Three practical topics. Each workshop includes its own hands-on tech help lab.
Participants may register for the topics that interest them. Separate registration is required for each workshop.
October 14 — Microsoft Word Hands-on lab: October 21
October 28 — Microsoft PowerPoint Hands-on lab: November 4
November 18 — Microsoft Excel Hands-on lab: November 25
Don't just create documents—create accessible documents.
Three workshops. Practical skills. Real-world tools. Learn it. Apply it. Make it accessible.
Presented by Make It Accessible (MIA)
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