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Acrobat 7.0 Section 508 Accessibility

 

Acrobat 7.0 Section 508 Accessibility
Duration: 1 day
Adobe Acrobat 7

Course Synopsis: This class provides you with the concepts and skills to properly prepare Adobe PDF documents and fi llable PDF forms for access by users
with disabilities such as blindness, low vision, and mobility impairment. In
this course, you will create, modify, and test PDF documents for accessibility
purposes. We also recommend this course for those planning to obtain the
Adobe Certified Expert status.

Who Should Attend: Professionals needing to create, properly prepare Adobe PDF documents and fillable PDF forms for access by users with disabilities such as blindness, low vision, and mobility impairment. Users will benefit from the many tips and tricks, as well as special exercises. Participants are encouraged to bring problems, questions and samples from their working environment to the class for group discussion.

Prerequisites: Because of the amount of material we cover in class, we do require students to be comfortable using a mouse, opening and saving files, and the general operations of computers. While we will make every reasonable effort to help, students with insufficient skills may be required to observe the class lessons or do their best to keep up without slowing down the rest of the class.

What You Will Learn:
• Tagging PDF Documents
• PDF Forms and Accessibility
• Section 508 Compliance
• Using LifeCycle Designer
• PDF and Word Processing Applications
• Tools for Checking Accessibility
• Combining Multiple Documents
• Tab Order, Bookmarks, and Language Options

Time: Class time is 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled 12-1. Students provide their own lunch.

Locations: We have company-operated facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, San Diego and Washington DC. We also work with a network of rental facilities to offer our classes regularly across the United States and in Canada. Please double-check the location of your class with our office to make sure you get to the right location.

Related Courses: We recommend the following courses that relate to this class: Adobe Acrobat and Adobe eForms. Please take a look at our other course outlines.

Goals: Sterling Ledet and Associates realizes the importance of education and we take pride in being able to offer you classes that are more custom fit to your needs. Call us at (770) 414-5007 if you have any special questions or e-mail us at sales@ledet.com.

Registration: Please fill out our registration form and fax it to us at (312) 896-9094.


Acrobat 7.0 Section 508 Accessibility

 

LESSON1
Accessibility and Adobe PDF

What is Accessibility
Accessibility and PDF
What makes PDF accessible


LESSON 2
Understanding Tagging and
Document Structure

Tagging and PDF
What tagging looks like in PDF
When to tag PDF documents
Why touchup is often needed


LESSON 3
The Accessibility Workflow

Six steps to Accessibility in PDF
Forms and form fields
Tagging the document
Repairing common problems
Editing the tag tree


LESSON 4
PDF and Word Processing
Applications

Using Acrobat PDF Maker
Creating tagged documents from
MS Office
Creating tagged PDF documents from
Adobe InDesign
Adding Accessible text to graphics
Using threads and structure in PDF
Creating tagged documents from web
pages


LESSON 5
Working with Multiple Documents

Why combine multiple documents?
Inserting, replacing, and deleting pages in
Acrobat
Combining files from multiple applications


LESSON 6
Making PDF Forms Accessible

Workflows for creating forms
Tips for working with forms
Using LifeCycle Designer to create forms
LifeCycle and Accessibility



LESSON 7
More About Tags and PDF

Creating URL links in the document
Adding tags to an untagged document
Reading the add tags report
Finishing for accessibility



LESSON 8
Evaluating PDF Documents for
Accessibility Problems

Tools for checking accessibility
Using full check for accessibility
Using refl ow to check reading order
Other ways of checking the reading order



LESSON 9
Repairing Reading Order and
Basic Tagging Problems

Touch up reading order tool
Reading order and the order tab
Reading order tool options
The touchup workflow
Techniques to fix reading order problems
Fixing common problems



LESSON 10
More Accessibility Features

Setting the tab order
Adding bookmarks
Adding accessible links
Setting the document language
Setting security settings and screen
readers
Adding a watermark to PDF


 

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