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Tools for Task

In the beginning, perhaps out of panic to "get it done" many of us were tasked with ensuring that PDF documents were "accessible" or compliant.
The main problem was that we had to train ourselves on what that meant and how to do it.
Do we expect that every employee knows how to use InDesign or Photoshop…or even Excel or PowerPoint>
Why do we expect that every employee, or those tasked with ensuring the accessibility of documents "does it all?"
Why wouldn't we out-source the accessibility of PDF to qualified professionals?
It is one thing to understand and create more accessible documents; it is another to expect that those of us charged with ensuring the accessibility of PDF documents are proficient in programs like InDesign and even Acrobat.
We need to begin rethinking how we ensure that PDF documents are accessible.

It takes literally years to be proficient at making a PDF document accessible unless you are doing it all the time, every day.
This webinar series will give you an overview, BUT, you will not be able to do everything you need to do in order to make a PDF accessible.