Meet the Experts
Adobe PDF Accessibility Training (Advanced)
Event Details – Adobe will present Part 2 of their online Webinar series on making Accessible PDF’s. This session will demonstrate advanced elements used in documents and features for making them accessible when converted to a PDF. Please see the agenda below for details. Whether you use these elements or not, you won’t want to miss this opportunity.
Event Name: “Meet the Experts”: A Monthly Series of Professional Development Webinars on Accessibility.
Type of Meeting: A Webinar from an Accessibility Expert at Adobe
Event Description: “PDF Accessibility - Advanced”
Meeting Objectives: To learn the advanced elements of PDF accessibility.
Date: Thursday, March 26th, 2009
Time: 1 PM to 2 PM PST
Location: Online Webinar Instructions
- On the day of the Webinar go to the following web address: http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/pdfaccessibility/
Log in with your name. No password is required. - If you prefer to listen rather than watch the presentation,
Call: 877-220-5439 ID 1335, Meeting Password: 2276228 - To prepare in advance for this webinar, please test your connection at least 2 days in advance of the event. Go to: https://admin.acrobat.com/
common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm - Meeting available via Adobe Connect (requires Flash Player be installed in browser). To get the Adobe Flash Player please download here: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
PLEASE NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO Q & A UNTIL THE END OF THE RECORDED WEBINAR. Please submit questions through the Chat window. If they are not answered during the webinar, they will be answered at the end of the session.
Website for More Information: http://ati.calstate.edu
Who Should Attend: Anyone who creates a PDF document.
Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced
Who to Contact: Jean Wells, jwells@calstate.edu
Sharing: Please pass this announcement on to any staff or faculty on your campus you think will benefit from this training.
Registration: No registration required.
Deadline: None.
Requirements: No Cost, See Online Instructions Above
Accessibility: This session will have real time captioning. If you require any accommodations, please contact Jean Wells at jwells@calstate.edu.
Archived: This session will be archived on the Professional Development Web Site currently under development. The launch of that web site will be announced in the near future. A link to the archived session will be posted at http://ati.calstate.edu the day following the live event.
Future Events: “VPAT’s Explained” April 2009 will be announced in a subsequent mailing.
AGENDA
Session 2 – Using Acrobat to Make Documents Accessible (Advanced)
- Author considerations - Understanding Acrobat Reader preferences
- The Accessibility Setup assistant
- Adjusting bookmark sizes
- Using AutoScroll
- Using Read Out Loud
- PDF plug-in utilization-CommonLook (CSU)
- Analyzing PDF docs for accessibility
- Using the Accessibility Checker
- Creating and analyzing accessibility reports
- PDF accessibility repair workflow
- Examining the PDF file
- Detecting Document Source (Scan vs digital)
- Adding Accessibility Features
- Doc language
- Security
- Accessible links
- Bookmarks
- Document tagging
- Analyzing doc
- Touching up reading order
- Editing tags
- Table editing
- Editing structure tags
- Content panel
- Order panel
- Tags panel
- PDF scanning workflow
- Proper Scanning guidelines
- OCR options
- Adding Interactive features – Form fields and buttons
- PDF form fields
- Detecting and creating form fields
- Manual field creation
- Editing forms
- Making buttons accessible
- Set field tab order
- Examining the PDF file
- Saving PDFs as Accessible Text