TUTORIALS

Introduction

PDF Accessibility

Prepare Documents

Review Documents
- Review Tags
- Document Language
- Assess Reading Order
- Accessibility Reports

Repair Documents
- Adding Alt Text to an Image
- Designating Items Correctly
- Identifying Table Headers
- Creating Accessible Links
- Set Security

Final Review

Scanned Documents
- Accessible PDF from Scanner
- OCR

PDF Forms
- LiveCycle Designer
- Adobe Acrobat

Alternate Formats

Return to Docs & MM

Videos Tutorials Only

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Introduction

• Introduction to PDF Tutorials (2:12)

PDF Accessibility

• An Introduction to PDF Accessibility - Part 1 (2:14)
• An Introduction to PDF Accessibility - Part 2 (2:30)

Prepare - Step 1: From a Document to a PDF

• Preparing Your Documents Before Converting to PDF (2:25)
• Options You Can Use To Convert Your Document to PDF (3:06)
• How to Use PDFMaker (2:18)

Review - Step 2: Check Your PDF for Accessibility

Review Tags

• Checking Documents with Tags (2:15)
• Adding Tags to Untagged Documents (2:55)
• Checking for Tags with the Tags Panel (1:38)

Document Language

• How to Check for Document Language (1:35)

Assess Reading Order

• An Introduction to Assessing Reading Order (2:46)

Review Reading Order in Tags Panel

• Using the Tags Panel to Assess Reading Order (7:33)

Review Reading Order in Order Panel

• Using the Order Panel to Assess Reading Order (4:17)

Export/Save As Text Accessible

• Using a Text Accessible Version to Assess Reading Order (3:16)

Assistive Technology to Check Reading Order

• Using JAWS to Assess Reading Order (4:59)
• Using Adobe's Read Out Loud Feature to Assess Reading Order (3:26)
• How to Set Page Properties for Reading Order (1:50)

Accessibility Reports

• Using Adobe Acrobat's Accessibility Reports (10:12)

Repair - Step 3

• Tools of the Trade (2:57)
• The TouchUp Reading Order Tool (1:51)
• Using the TouchUp Reading Order Tool with the Order Panel (2:37)

Adding Alt Text to an Image

• How to Add Alternative Text to Your Images (3:40)

Designating Items Correctly

• How to Change the Designation of an Item Tagged Incorrectly (4:18)
• How to Identify Items Not Tagged (5:10)
• How to Designate an Item as Background in the Tags Panel (1:32)

Identifying Table Headers

• How to Identify and Work with Table Headers (4:30)
• Adding a Summary to Your Table (1:33)
• Associating Data Cells to Row and Column Headers (4:55)

Creating Accessible Links

• Creating Accessible Links (2:47)

Set Security to Permit Accessibility

• Set Security to Permit Accessibility (2:45)

Final Review - Step 4: Re-run Accessibility Checks

• Final Review (0:38)

Advanced Topic: Working with Scanned Documents

• Working with Scanned Documents (5:18)

Advanced Topic: Working with PDF Forms

• Creating Accessible PDF Forms (2:50)

LiveCycle Designer

• How to Use LiveCycle Designer to Create an Accessible Form (14:47)

Adobe Acrobat & Making Forms

• Features In Adobe Acrobat to Create Accessible Forms (9:15)

Alternate Formats

• Alternate Formats for PDF Files (1:47)

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