Fast Track to Accessibility for PDF Creators 2.0

Fast Track to Accessibility for PDF Creators 2.0

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Technical level: Beginner

Duration: 1 hour (online self-paced class, estimate)

IAAP Education Credits: 1.00 (This course counts toward renewal of IAAP certification)

Course Synopsis:

This engaging video-centric course is part of Deque's Fast Track series. This course is perfect for anyone who creates documents in the PDF format.

This training covers a lot of ground in a short amount of time, paving the way for more comprehensive training if desired.

For version 2.0 of this course, most content and processes remain unchanged; the main update is to align with the newest Adobe interface.

The topics covered are:

  • Introduction
  • Intro to Accessibility
  • Your Role in Creating Accessible PDF Documents
  • What are Tags?
  • Remediation Flow in PDF Documents
  • Optimize the Source Document for Accessibility
  • Saving as Tagged PDF
  • Automated Tagging
  • Manual Tags
  • Untagged PDF Conversions
  • OCR and Scanned PDFs
  • After Converting to Tagged PDF
  • The Acrobat Pro Interface
  • Tools Used to Review and Assess PDFs
  • Acrobat Check for Accessibility
  • Document Metadata
  • Reading Order
  • Working in the Order Pane
  • Working in the Accessibility Tags Pane
  • Tab Order
  • Cleanup
  • An Overview of Tagging
  • Working with the Accessibility Tags Tree
  • Using the Reading Order Tool
  • Paragraphs
  • Headings
  • Images/Figures
  • Headers, Footers, and Page Numbers
  • Lists
  • Links
  • Tables
  • Artifacts
  • Issues with Acrobat You May Encounter
  • Conclusion and Next Steps