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Implementing Accessibility

There’s nothing quite like breaking your arm to energize your interest in accessibility. I should know because about a month and a half into drafting this book, I broke my right arm in a mountain biking accident. Fortunately, I was able to type even before the surgery that was needed to put my arm back together, so I didn’t have to do a deep dive into voice dictation and other measures. Regardless, even before my accident, I had planned to lead off this book with a discussion on accessibility because I’d realized that anything that makes a spreadsheet easier for people that are color-blind or require assistive technologies also makes the spreadsheet easier for all users. Further, it’s not just spreadsheets that can ...

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