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To begin improving the accessibility of your Crystal reports, start with accessibility guidelines that are
quick and easy to implement. A small change in your design conventions or company template may
have a significant impact on accessibility.
Simple navigation and clearly-written content are critical for accessibility, but they are easy to implement
and useful for all report users.
The following sections provide tips and guidelines on how to design reports with accessibility in mind.
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• Placing objects in reports
• Text
• Color
• Navigation
• Parameter fields
27.2.1 Placing objects in reports
There are a few general guidelines to keep in mind when you place objects on a report.
27.2.1.1 Organizing objects logically
When you place objects on reports, make sure their placement is clear and logical, especially when
you need to imply a relationship between two objects in a report. For example, if you include a text
description of a chart, ensure that it is close enough to the chart to make the connection clear.
Many assistive technologies read from left to right and from top to bottom; therefore, if you include a
text description and title for a chart, you should decide which one you want the user to read first. This
will ensure that the objects in a report are read in the correct order.
27.2.1.2 Placing objects in order
When you publish a report to BusinessObjects Enterprise, the HTML version organizes the objects in
the report according to the consecutive order that you added them in Crystal Reports, not according to
where they were positioned on the report. The report appears the same on the screen, but the underlying
HTML code lists the reports objects in the order they were inserted. Instead of reading the report from
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