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Creating Accessible PDFs

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Overview

Find out how to create PDF files that are accessible to users of assistive technology.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • The ultimate guide to accessible PDFs
  • Introduction to creating accessible PDFs
1. Understanding Accessibility
  • What is accessibility?
  • Accessibility standards
  • Check PDF accessibility
  • The NVDA PDF reader experience
2. Accessibility in PDF Files
  • Acrobat Pro DC setup and workspace
  • PDF accessibility requirements
  • The PDF remediation workflow
3. Make an Existing PDF File Accessible
  • PDF remediation
  • Add metadata
  • Tag content with the Reading Order tool
  • Dealing with content that spans more than one page
  • Tagging lists
  • Tagging table of contents
  • Creating table of contents links
  • Tagging tables
  • The Table Editor
  • Artifacting elements
  • Work with the Content pane
  • Add alternative text
  • Add bookmarks
  • Tagging footnotes
  • Walking the tags tree
  • Validate the PDF file and cleanup
  • Finishing touches
  • Checking color contrast
  • Testing with a screen reader
  • Third-party tools
4. Create an Accessible PDF from Word
  • Accessible PDF on Windows vs. Mac
  • Layout considerations and setup
  • Add metadata
  • Styles and outline levels
  • Adding bookmarks
  • Tagging tables
  • Add hyperlinks
  • Create a table of contents
  • Add alternative text
  • Artifacting objects
  • Footnotes and endnotes
  • Things to watch out for in Word
  • Touch-ups after conversion from Word
  • Funky fix-up
5. Create an Accessible PDF File from PowerPoint
  • General considerations
  • Adding a document title in PowerPoint
  • The importance of master slides
  • Defining PowerPoint tag order
  • Add alternative text in PowerPoint
  • Work with PowerPoint tables
  • Touch-ups after conversion from PowerPoint
6. Create an Accessible PDF File from Adobe InDesign
  • Best way to generate the PDF file
  • InDesign layout considerations
  • Add required metadata in InDesign
  • InDesign styles and tag structure
  • Controlling tag order with InDesign
  • Control InDesign reading order
  • Create InDesign captions
  • Anchoring objects in text frames
  • Work with tables in InDesign
  • Interactive hyperlinks in InDesign
  • Create a list with InDesign
  • Add cross-references in InDesign
  • Creating an InDesign table of contents
  • Alternative text for images and graphics in InDesign
  • Artifacting InDesign objects
  • PDF bookmarks in InDesign
  • InDesign footnotes and endnotes
  • Including an index with InDesign
  • Finishing touches and validating
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Chad Chelius

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