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Hello,</div>
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I am requesting guidance on accessibility best practice for a specific complex fillable form.</div>
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Please see the attached form in PDF. There is a lot going on with tables, calculations, columns, etc.</div>
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The document owner is experimenting with <span style="display:inline-block" class="_Entity _EType_OWALink _EId_OWALink _EReadonly_1">
<span><span><span><a data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-ogsc="" class="OWAAutoLink none" id="OWAf6666286-9e11-8877-36ab-8fdd04ffc0e5" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://sbctcedu-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/djilek_sbctc_edu/EexcANs86ktOrX1mE0dUUlcBtXej-d_wJ_rDOaiKk_ViIg?e=LfgNDX">using
Excel for the form</a></span></span></span></span>, rather than PDF. In one sense, this may make editing the source document easier, and Excel may handle calculations better. On the other hand, I worry about the user experience in this format.</div>
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What is your advice on how best to remediate this form? My gut tells me to stick with PDF...</div>
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Do folks have insight on the accessibility of web-based form tools like Gravity Forms or Form Assembly? </div>
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Thank you!</div>
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Monica</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", "Avenir Next Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"><b>Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers)</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", "Avenir Next Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">Policy Associate – Accessible IT Coordinator</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", "Avenir Next Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", "Avenir Next Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); background-color: white;">•Email:
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Phone: 360-704-3922</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b><i>The power of the Web is in its universality.</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b><i>Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web</span></p>
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