I Didn't Know Adobe Could Do That!

Proposal No: 1616

Bios & Handouts

Speaker(s)

• Susan Kelmer, Alternate Format Production Program Manager, University of Colorado Boulder

Disability Area: Cognitive|Learning   Mobility   Vision   Deaf|HOH   Other Disability  

Topic Area: Legal   Best Practices   Web|Media Access   Alternate Format   Campus Policy   Curriculum Access   Assistive Technology   Information Resources  

Summary of Session

Add readability to your PDF documents quickly and easily using Adobe Acrobat Professional 11. I will cover cropping, breaking up, joining, rotating, text recognition, headers/footers, touching up reading order, and editing text directly in the document.

Abstract

Add readability to your PDF documents quickly and easily using Adobe Acrobat Professional 11. I will cover cropping, breaking up, joining, rotating, text recognition, headers/footers, touching up reading order, and editing text directly in the document. New tools in Adobe Acrobat 11 all some direct editing that wasn't possible before, and there are easy ways to touch up existing PDF's to make them accessible. Anyone can use these techniques to create accessible PDF's from non-accessible PDF content.

Kepoints

1. Using the Tools in Adobe Acrobat Professional to make PDF's accessible
2. New tools in Acrobat Pro 11 that make it even easier to edit existing PDFs
3. PDF's don't have to be inaccessible any more

Speaker Bio(s)

Susan Kelmer

Ms. Kelmer has been working with alternate format and accessible technology for more than 25 years in a higher education environment. Currently she works at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Alternate Format Production and Access Center, where alternate format materials for students with print disabilities are produced. She also consults with other departments on campus and campuses around the country about alternate format and how to produce materials effectively. She has presented at multiple AHG conferences in the last 20 years.

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