Registration for Accessible Document Training is now full.
Your website and all your attachments, documents and links need to be accessible for everyone, including persons with disabilities. Join us before the conference for a full day hands-on Accessible Document Training session using the accessibility tools in Word 2010 and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Training Details
Date: Wednesday April 9th, 2014
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: Conestoga-Rovers and Associates, 435 King St. North Waterloo
What to bring
- A laptop with Microsoft Word 2010 and Adobe Acrobat Pro 9, 10 or 11.
- A USB with example documents and templates that you use on a regular basis. These documents will be used during the hands-on training.
What you'll learn
This course will begin by following a sample document found on eSolutions Online Learning Centre.
- Introduction to accessibility
- What is document accessibility?
- Assistive Technologies: how screen readers work, screen magnification software
- Best Practices: font size, colour contrast, spacing
- Microsoft Word: Key Elements
- Adobe Acrobat Pro: The Basics
- Starting Simple: Creating a Word Document from scratch
- Workshop - individual practice with Microsoft Word
- Adobe Acrobat Pro: Advanced
- Making an Existing PDF accessible (lots of examples!)
- Making a scanned document accessible
- Workshop - individual practice with Adobe Acrobat Pro
- Questions