Overview
This article helps students, faculty, and staff understand the meaning, purpose, and best practices of document titles to help meet digital accessibility standards in their content. It provides tips and an example. Always refer to ADA digital accessibility standards for the most up-to-date compliance requirements.
What is a Document Title?
A document title is the official name of the document stored in its metadata and displayed in the title bar when the file is opened in applications like Word and Adobe Acrobat reader. It helps all users quickly understand what a document is about.
Best Practices
- Describe the main topic or purpose of the document.
- Keep it short and clear.
- Capitalize words for readability, but avoid any special characters.
- Example: European History Syllabus – Fall 2025
How to Edit a Document Title
Edit document titles in most applications, like Microsoft Word, Excel, and PDF editors, by opening the file’s properties or info panel and updating the title field.
Still Need Help?
Creative Production offers help with document formatting, design, and redesign if needed. Please note, Creative Production cannot ensure accessibility for content created by other users. They may need to re-create a document to ensure accessibly, if you choose to use their services. Costs apply. Submit a ticket to request Creative Production services
IT Solutions primarily supports digital accessibility for academic and course-related materials including document accessibility, captioning and transcription services. Support for other content may be available if time allows, with costs applying to non-course materials. Submit a ticket to request IT Solutions services