Presented at 8:00am in Standley I Lab on Thursday, November 15, 2018.
#17311Speaker(s)
- Rob Haverty, Senior Program Manager, Accessibility, Adobe
Session Details
- Length of Session: 2-hr
- Format: Lab
- Expertise Level: All Levels
- Type of session: General Conference
Summary
Adobe continues to focus on improving the experience in making PDFs accessible & using Acrobat. Each release of Acrobat Pro DC (continuous version) has new or improved functionality to achieve this goal. This session will walk participants though the various updates & how to use the new features & functionality.
Abstract
Adobe continues to focus on improving the experience in making PDFs accessible & using Acrobat. Each release of Acrobat Pro DC (continuous version) has new or improved functionality to achieve this goal. This session will walk participants though the various updates & how to use the new features & functionality. We will go thru the updates to Acrobat Pro DC on Windows & MAC as well as Acrobat Reader for iOS & Android. This will be a hands-on session. To get the most out of the session you are encouraged to bring your laptop with the latest version of Acrobat Pro DC installed (the trial version is fine) as well as the latest version of Acrobat Reader installed on your iOS or Android device.
Keypoints
- New features and functionality in Acrobat Pro DC
- Streamlining the process for creating accessible PDF
- New features and functionality in Acrobat Reader
Disability Areas
All Areas
Topic Areas
Alternate Format, Uncategorized
Speaker Bio(s)
Rob Haverty
Rob Haverty is a Senior Product Manager on the Accessibility team at Adobe primarily focused on Document Cloud. With more than 20 years of accessibility experience Rob as has been involved in many facets of accessibility including product development, technical evangelism, and policy and standards development. Rob has presented at conferences world-wide and has been involved in international accessibility projects such as the UNESCO Inclusive Classroom Project. Prior to coming to Adobe Rob was engaged in accessibility work at Microsoft. Rob has been focused extensively on PDF accessibility during his years at Adobe with the goal of making it easier to create accessible PDF documents frequently providing training on using Acrobat Pro DC to create accessible PDFs.
Handout(s)
- 1 - Acrobat Pro DC - Intro to Accessible PDF - Hands-on Lab
- B1 - Basics Demo Doc - Intro to Accessible PDF
- B1 - Basics Demo Doc - Intro to Accessible PDF
- EX1 - Incorrect Heading Hierarchy – Intro to Accessible PDF
- EX1 - Incorrect Heading Hierarchy – Intro to Accessible PDF
- EX2 - Word Demo Doc with Errors - Intro to Accessible PDF
- EX2 - Word Demo Doc with Errors - Intro to Accessible PDF
- EX3 - Complex List - Intro to Accessible PDF
- EX3 - Complex List - Intro to Accessible PDF
- EX4 - Links - Intro to Accessible PDF
- EX4 - Links - Intro to Accessible PDF
- EX2 - Word Demo Doc with Errors - Intro to Accessible PDF - Fixed
- EX3 - Complex List - Intro to Accessible PDF - Fixed
- 0 - What's New in Acrobat Pro DC Nov 2018
- EX1a - Word Document with Errors
- EX1b - Role Mapping
- EX2a- Simple Tables
- EX2a- Simple Tables
- EX2b- Simple Tables - No Row Header
- EX2b- Simple Tables - No Row Header
- EX2c - Complex Table
- EX2c - Complex Table
- EX2d - Complex Table - Cell IDs
- EX2d - Complex Table - Cell IDs
- EX3 - Note Tag
- EX4a - Organize Pages
- EX4b - Organize Pages - Add-in Page