{"id":192,"date":"2025-03-13T09:47:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/accessibility\/?page_id=192"},"modified":"2025-03-21T15:50:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T19:50:37","slug":"grackle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/accessibility\/tools\/grackle\/","title":{"rendered":"Grackle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-umflint-templates umflint-template-default\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#FFF\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-371\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/blogs.dir\/61\/files\/2025\/03\/Blue.UCEN_.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container 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title=\"Accessibility Standard Practice Guide (SPG)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/spg.umich.edu\/policy\/601.20\" class=\"nav-link\">Accessibility Standard Practice Guide (SPG)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-9\">\n\t\t\t\n<nav aria-label=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumb mb-3\"><li class=\"breadcrumb-item\"><a href=\"\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"breadcrumb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/accessibility\">Accessibility<\/a><\/li><li class=\"breadcrumb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/accessibility\/tools\/\">Accessibility Tools<\/a><\/li><li class=\"breadcrumb-item active\" aria-current=\"page\">Grackle<\/li><\/ol><\/nav>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d680f6ab26f7b3c7f904c96747108866\">Grackle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Grackle can help you create accessible documents, spreadsheets, and presentations in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grackle\u2019s integration into Docs, Sheets, and Slides provides intuitive tools for spotting and resolving accessibility issues as you edit. 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