Publishing accessible documents
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Learn how to publish accessible documents to meet the needs of all users under the accessibility regulations.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-16
- Category
- Governance & assurance
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Learn how to publish accessible documents to meet the needs of all users under the accessibility regulations. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Writing accessible documents
- 1. Think about format
- 2. Keep the language simple
- 3. Keep the document structure simple
- 4. Give the document a structure
- 5. Forms, complex documents and other office formats
- Making non-HTML documents accessible
- Run an accessibility check
- Forms
- Spreadsheets
- PDFs on GOV.UK
- PDFs on other government websites
- Creating a PDF/A for archiving purposes
Source and licence
Government Digital Service
AttributionGovernment Digital Service, ‘Publishing accessible documents’ (updated 9 October 2025), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.016/09/2026