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Accessible Adobe InDesign Layouts (to Produced Accessible PDFs and EPUBs)

Presented at 9:00am in Standley I Lab on Tuesday, November 15, 2016.

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Speaker(s)

  • Bevi Chagnon, Designer, Senior Accessibility Trainer, PubCom.com

Session Details

  • Length of Session: 5-6 hr
  • Format:
  • Expertise Level: Expert
  • Type of session: Pre-conference

Summary

Hands-on workshop lead by an InDesign ACE and designer. Master the tips, methods and strategies that produce accessible PDFs and EPUBs from InDesign with the correct tags and reading orders. Guidance for creating templates for books and academic materials, as well as public-facing items.

Abstract

From start to finish, this hands-on workshop covers each step of the publishing workflow for any type of Adobe InDesign project — books, long documents, academic research, classroom materials, campus/administrative items, public-facing materials. Focus: creating InDesign layouts that convert to accessible PDFs with minimal remediation in Acrobat…that is, PDFs that are nearly 100% accessible right from InDesign with the right tags and correct reading orders. Added discussions: converting accessible InDesign layouts to EPUBs, and developing accessible InDesign templates for recurring publications. Workshop demonstrates the use of the latest versions of Adobe InDesign and Acrobat Pro because they have the latest tools for accessible publications as well as make the most accurate, accessible PDFs and EPUBs. Before the workshop, make sure your laptop is updated with the latest Creative Cloud releases, or use a downloaded trial version from Adobe.com.

Keypoints

  1. How to create InDesign layouts that produce the correct tags in PDFs
  2. How to control the reading order in InDesign layouts
  3. How an accessible InDesign layout for print/PDF more easily converts to EPUB

Disability Areas

Cognitive/Learning, Mobility, Vision

Topic Areas

Accessible Course Design, Alternate Format, Assistive Technology

Speaker Bio(s)

Bevi Chagnon

Bevi Chagnon has been active in the standards community for 25 years, and currently is a US Delegate to the ISO committees for PDF and PDF/UA. With a long career in publishing, she’s an expert for Adobe InDesign, Acrobat, MS Office, and accessibility. She’s a professional educator, award-winning designer, and former faculty member at Washington DC-area colleges/universities. Bevi is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, and a contributor on many forums, including the Adobe Community Forums where she is an invited Community Expert.