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Creating Accessible PDFs
Section outline
◄Creating Accessible Word Documents

►Creating Accessible PowerPoint Presentations
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  Select activity Text Tutorial - PDF Accessibility
  
  Text Tutorial - PDF Accessibility URL
  
  Select activity PDF Prep Work
  
  PDF Prep Work
  
  Select activity Converting from MS Word to Adobe Acrobat (Video)
  
  Converting from MS Word to Adobe Acrobat (Video) URL
  
  Select activity Text Tutorial - How to Save a PDF Doc from Word
  
  Text Tutorial - How to Save a PDF Doc from Word File
  
  Select activity How to Access Cougar Apps (Video)
  
  How to Access Cougar Apps (Video) URL
  
  Connecting to CougarApps via a web browser*.
  
  *Note: The video mentions cougarapps capability with most/any browser, but Google Chrome is not currently supported. For a complete list of available browsers, visit the CougarApps webpage.
  
  Select activity Launching Adobe Acrobat in CougarApps (Video)
  
  Launching Adobe Acrobat in CougarApps (Video) URL
  
  Select activity Applying OCR to Existing PDFs on your Computer (Video)
  
  Applying OCR to Existing PDFs on your Computer (Video) URL
  
  Select activity Checking PDF document Language (Video)
  
  Checking PDF document Language (Video) URL
  
  Select activity Text Tutorial - Checking for PDF Document Language
  
  Text Tutorial - Checking for PDF Document Language File
  
  Select activity Text Tutorial - Performing a Full Check for Accessibility (Acrobat Professional Only)
  
  Text Tutorial - Performing a Full Check for Accessibility (Acrobat Professional Only) URL
  
  A text based tutorial outlining how to perform a Full Accessibilty check within Adobe Acrobat Pro.
  
  Select activity Text Tutorial - Performing and Understanding Accessibility Reports
  
  Text Tutorial - Performing and Understanding Accessibility Reports File
  
  Select activity Text Tutorial - Repairing Accessibility Problems - Intro
  
  Text Tutorial - Repairing Accessibility Problems - Intro File
  
  Select activity Using the Touch Up Tool in Adobe Acrobat to Provide Alt Text and Table Header Cells (Video)
  
  Using the Touch Up Tool in Adobe Acrobat to Provide Alt Text and Table Header Cells (Video) URL
  
  Select activity Creating Headings in PDF
  
  Creating Headings in PDF
  
  Select activity Reviewing Tags in PDF (Video)
  
  Reviewing Tags in PDF (Video) URL
  
  Select activity Text Tutorial - Checking and Adding Tags/Headings to PDFs
  
  Text Tutorial - Checking and Adding Tags/Headings to PDFs File
  
  Select activity Marking Headers in Adobe Acrobat (Video)
  
  Marking Headers in Adobe Acrobat (Video) URL
  
  This video tutorial will outline how to tag different parts of your PDF document and have them reflect different levels of importance within the document.
  
  Select activity Text Tutorial - Tagging Headings within PDFs
  
  Text Tutorial - Tagging Headings within PDFs File
  
  Select activity Checking Accessibility via Adobe Acrobat (Video)
  
  Checking Accessibility via Adobe Acrobat (Video) URL
  
  Select activity Text Tutorial - Identifying Table Headers
  
  Text Tutorial - Identifying Table Headers File
  
  This text and image based tutorial will outline how to identify table headers within your PDF document.
  
  Select activity Creating Alt Text for Images in PDF
  
  Creating Alt Text for Images in PDF
  
  Select activity Text Tutorial - Adding Alt Text to an Image in PDF
  
  Text Tutorial - Adding Alt Text to an Image in PDF URL
  
  This text and screen shot based tutorial will outline how to add Alternate Text to images within a PDF document.
  
  Select activity Reordering Text Reading Order in PDF
  
  Reordering Text Reading Order in PDF
  
  Select activity Text Tutorial - Designating Items Correctly in PDF
  
  Text Tutorial - Designating Items Correctly in PDF URL
  
  This text and screen shot based tutorial will outline how to change the designation of an item that has been tagged inappropriately.
  
  Select activity Assessing Reading Order within a PDF (Video)
  
  Assessing Reading Order within a PDF (Video) URL
  
  Select activity Text Tutorial - Editing Reading Order in PDF
  
  Text Tutorial - Editing Reading Order in PDF File
  
  Select activity Creating Accessible Links in PDF
  
  Creating Accessible Links in PDF
  
  Select activity Creating Accessible Links in PDF (Video)
  
  Creating Accessible Links in PDF (Video) URL
  
  Select activity Final Review
  
  Final Review
  
  Select activity Final Review - Re-run Accessibility Checks in PDF (Video)
  
  Final Review - Re-run Accessibility Checks in PDF (Video) URL
  
  Select activity Samples
  
  Samples
  
  Select activity PDF - Tagging Headings Practice
  
  PDF - Tagging Headings Practice File
  
  Select activity PDF - Checking and Modifying Tables Practice
  
  PDF - Checking and Modifying Tables Practice File
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Creating Accessible PDFs

Section outline

PDF Prep Work

Creating Headings in PDF

Creating Alt Text for Images in PDF

Reordering Text Reading Order in PDF

Creating Accessible Links in PDF

Final Review

Samples

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