Accessibility and Assistive Technology

Adding Accessible Hyperlinks in Excel (macOS)

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  • A hyperlink is a clickable element in a digital document, webpage, or application that connects to another location, such as different web pages, a specific section of the same page, an email address, a document, or other online content.

 

  • Creating a descriptive hyperlink will allow all users to navigate or scan digital documents, web pages, or applications to find the information they need easier and faster.
  • Descriptive hyperlinks help everyone, especially assistive technology users, know where the link will lead them and help individuals with disabilities understand the content.

The best practice is to avoid non-informative link phrases such as the following:

  • Click here
  • Here
  • Learn more
  • More info
  • Read more
  • link to [some link destination]

Instead, use more descriptive language and meaningful text such as:

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Get started by selecting the “Insert” Ribbon from the top of the Excel Toolbar.

Excel "Insert" ribbon button.
Excel "Link" button.
Excel meaningful text pop-up window.

An article to help chooses what the meaningful words can be found How to Make Meaningful Links in Word (Desktop Mac)

Select “Ok”

The "OK" button to confirm the link and meaningful text.
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