Accessible Documents Advanced

Already across the fundamentals of document accessibility? This advanced course builds on your existing knowledge, focusing on the complexities of PDF accessibility and interactive forms. You’ll learn how to create, test, and remediate accessible documents using Adobe Acrobat.

Through practical demonstrations and hands-on exercises, you’ll gain expertise in working with PDF documents using Adobe and how to remediate common PDF accessibility issues. The course also covers advanced testing methods, including assistive technologies, to help you confidently assess and improve document accessibility.

Topics Covered

1. Document accessibility principles recap
2. PDF Accessibility 
   1. Understanding the anatomy of an accessible PDF
   2. Tags and the tag tree
   3. Checking document elements such as hyperlinks, images and tables
   4. Common issues in tagged PDFs and how to resolve them
   5. Basic remediation techniques 
   6. Tagging untagged documents
3. Forms
   1. Creating your source file
   2. Adding accessibility features using Acrobat
4. Testing and Reviewing Documents
   1. Testing with in-built checkers
   2. Testing with assistive technologies

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the session, participants will:

• Apply accessibility principles across PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
• Structure slides, spreadsheets, and emails to meet accessibility best practice
• Understand the principles of an accessible PDF 
• Use advanced techniques to review the accessibility of a PDF and make changes required within Acrobat Pro
• Know the fundamentals of PDF tagging and how to tag a basic untagged PDF
• Use a range of technologies and checkers to test and review accessibility

Assumed Knowledge

Completion of Accessible Documents Fundamentals run by TTC or a working understanding of document accessibility principles demonstrated through the creation of accessible Word documents and export to PDF.

Software Required

• Familiarity with basic document accessibility principles 
• Access to Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook (PC or Mac)
• Access to Acrobat Pro (PC or Mac)
• Access to NVDA or JAWS is recommended but not required