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Creating Accessible Adobe Acrobat DC PDF Documents

  • 1 days
  • 1 upcoming date

Upcoming dates

All times shown in the class's own timezone. Dates we teach ourselves run once 1 people are booked, so a pair of seats confirms one.

Dates Starts Where Status Seat Book
Fri, Oct 9 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM PDT Taught by us Live virtual RUNS WITH 1+ $350

About this class

We have 1 scheduled date of Creating Accessible Adobe Acrobat DC PDF Documents, starting Fri, Oct 9. We teach this one ourselves, with our own instructors and courseware. Seats are $350 each over 1 day, courseware included. Book online with a card, or send a purchase order and we will invoice on net 30 terms.

This course covers the basics for creating and optimizing Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files so that they can be made more accessible to users with disabilities. Federal law, Section 508 of US Rehabilitation Act, requires that individuals with disabilities must have access to and use of electronic information and data that is comparable to the access and use by individuals who do not have disabilities. This course is directed to those who develop or contribute content to the Internet, to help them comply with these on-line accessibility standards.

What you'll be able to do

  • Adobe PDF and accessibility
  • The needs of all users
  • Accessibility basics
  • Check existing PDF documents for accessibility
  • Create accessible PDF documents
  • Create accessible PDF forms
  • Optimize the accessibility of PDF documents

Course outline

Module 1 Accessibility Overview

  • Rules for Accessibility
  • How does Acrobat determine accessibility

Module 2 Creating Accessible Word Documents

  • Adding styles to a Word Document
  • Working with images
  • Working with tables
  • Converting a Word document to an Accessible PDF

Module 3 Creating Accessible Excel Documents

  • Verifying sheet names
  • Adding tables to the worksheet
  • Working with Charts
  • Converting an Excel document to an Accessible PDF
  • Converting multiple worksheets into a single Accessible PDF

Module 4 Creating Accessible PowerPoint Presentations

  • Working with images
  • Working with tables
  • Bulleted lists in PowerPoint
  • Converting a PowerPoint presentation to an Accessible PDF

Module 5 Converting Scanned PDF files

  • Use Scan and OCR to convert a document to readable text
  • Tag a scanned document
  • Convert the PDF to an Accessible PDF

Module 6 Creating Accessible PDFs

  • Untagged documents
  • Languages
  • Reading orders
  • Accessibility Check
  • Tab orders

Module 7 Creating Accessible InDesign Documents

  • Use Accessibility Check
  • Fix Titles
  • Check Reading Order
  • Tab Orders
  • Alternate Text

Module 8 Creating Accessible PDF Forms

  • Prepare form fields
  • Add text fields
  • Add checkbox fields
  • Add radio button fields
  • Add drop-down list fields
  • Check Accessibility
  • Fix tags
  • Reading Order
  • Tab order

Before you attend

This course is created for users who are familiar with the different applications described. Students should have experience with common office applications, such as Word, Excel and web browser applications, Adobe Acrobat and HTML.

How reserving works. Your card is authorized, not charged. We confirm the seat with the training center, usually within one business day, and take payment only once it is held. If the class turns out to be full we release the authorization and you are not charged.

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Class Creating Accessible Adobe Acrobat DC PDF Documents

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