Information Technology Services Accessible PDFs from In Design
Information Technology Services Accessible PDFs from In. Design Pamela Thomas IT Accessibility Analyst October, 2019
Agenda What we will cover today • What features does a PDF document require in order to be considered accessible? • How In. Design integrates with Acrobat to facilitate: • • Title metadata Semantic mapping of paragraph styles to headings Alternative text on images Reading order flow Table and list mark-up Table of contents Hyperlink mark-up Exporting from In. Design to PDF in a way that retains required accessibility mark-up. 2
T o d a y ’ s o b j e c Designers and accessibility testers will have an agreed upon set of guidelines that ensure maximum accessibility of PDF output from In. Designer Client Accessibility Testers 3
What do we mean by accessible? The ability of users with visual or mobility impairments to read and navigate a document in an equivalent manner as a sighted user. Information Technology Services
Characteristics of Accessible PDFs • Good color contrast • Logical reading order • Title metadata • Logical flow order • Recognizable text • Alternative text on images • Tagged document structure • Properly formatted tables and lists • Logical headings • Properly formatted hyperlinks • Properly formatted table of contents
How In. Design and Adobe are Integrated ü ü ü Good color contrast Title metadata Recognizable text Properly formatted table of contents Tagged document structure Logical headings ü ü ü Logical reading order Logical flow order Alternative text on images Properly formatted tables and lists Properly formatted hyperlinks
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In. Design to Accessible PDF: Talking Points Clients and designers need to discuss: • Color choices • Export tag mapping to headings (H 1, H 2, H 3, etc. ) • Alternative text descriptions • Table design • Reading order • Export options 8
Resources for further information • Linked. In Learning (formerly Lynda. com) Creating Accessible PDFs with Chad Chelius, specifically Chapter 6 • Advanced Accessible PDFs with Chad Chelius, specifically Chapter 3 • In. Design CC 2019 Essential Training with David Blatner • • Adobe. com • www. adobe. com/accessibility 9
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