1. My Program Session Title
Monday, March 11, 2019 | 8:00 – 8:50 a.m.
LACC, 409
PresenterFirst PresenterLast, Position Title, Institution

3. Making Documents Accessible and Rich Content Usable
Accessible Documents
Use styles (control and shift and s) to set look and feel while adding organizational structure
Use tables for data and columns for layout
Add alt text to images
Avoid using abbreviations and acronyms, if possible
Use jargon when appropriate, but offer definitions
Use short descriptive sentences.
Write with an active voice
PowerPoint Considerations
Use design templates and avoid text boxes
Make sure all content is present in outline mode
Use high contrast colors
Use large font and limit text per slide

4. Making Documents Accessible and Rich Content Usable
Adobe PDF Accessibility
How Adobe PDF files are created
Ideally, converted from electronic source files
If necessary, scanned from printed pages
How Adobe PDF files are accessed
By looking, often zoomed in (plus or minus)
With reflow (control and 4)
By listening, with read out loud (via view menu)
By searching for key words (control and f)
Making Scanned PDF more Accessible
Run OCR – Advanced>Recognize Text
Add tags to images, tables, etc.
Touch up reading order
Making PDF files more Accessible
Start with Accessible Source Documents and convert with tool (rather than printing to distiller)
If scanning, run Optical Character Recognition, add tags and touch up reading order
Run the accessibility check
Make repairs as needed
Run the accessibility check after making repairs
Repeat as necessary

5. See you next year in Austin, Texas!
Thank you!
See you next year in Austin, Texas!