Advanced Accessible PDFs

Introduction

• Master advanced accessible PDFs

1. Advanced Accessibility Topics in Adobe Acrobat

• Create a tag from a selection
• Working with acronyms
• Creating hyperlinks
• Making a scanned PDF accessible
• Advanced techniques using the Content pane
• Paragraphs that split across a page
• Remediating footnotes
• Security and accessibility
• Merging and splitting documents
• Tagging workflow diagrams

2. Working with Tables in Acrobat

• Defining header cells in a table
• Tables that span multiple pages
• Understanding table spans
• Tagging tables with merged cells
• Defining scope and span manually
• What makes a bad table?
• Dealing with problem tables
• Creating heading and data associations
• Linearizing tables
• Getting creative with tables

3. PDF/UA Remediation

• Understanding PDF/UA
• Reviewing the PAC 3 checker
• Artifacting nonstructural elements
• Element used as a root element
• Inappropriate use of an element
• Role mapping issues
• Alternative descriptions for annotations
• IDs for notes
• Figure element with no bounding box
• Embedding fonts
• Table header cell has no associated subcells
• Adding PDF/UA entry
• PDF/UA resources

4. Useful Automatic Fixes and Shortcuts

• Tags tree shortcuts
• Using Autotag
• Artifacting paths
• Add a unique ID to notes
• Fix problems in the tagging structure
• Preflight panel overview
• Creating a custom action

5. Advanced Accessibility Topics in Microsoft Word

• Working with merged cells
• Problems with PDFMaker
• Overcoming PDFMaker limitations
• Working with multiple heading levels

6. Advanced Accessibility Topics in Adobe InDesign

• Working with merged table data cells
• Working with table headers
• Getting creative with bullets
• Adding alt text for hyperlinks
• Adding form fields in InDesign
• Using object styles for forms in InDesign
• Defining tab order for form fields in InDesign

7. Working with Forms

• Adding form fields in Acrobat
• Properly tagging form fields in Acrobat
• Automatically tagging form fields
• Tagging a button
• Verifying tab order

8. Creating Accessible PDFs from Google Docs

• Introducing Grackle
• Installing Grackle
• Grackle Docs
• Grackle Slides

9. Third-Party Tools

• Tools for visualizing document structure
• PDF remediation tools
• InDesign accessibility scripts

Conclusion

• Next steps