InDesign
Resources
- Adobe - http://tv.adobe.com/watch/accessibility-adobe/preparing-indesign-files-for-accessibility/
- Adobe - http://tv.adobe.com/watch/accessibility-adobe/part-1-new-accessibility-features-in-indesign-cs55/
- Adobe - http://tv.adobe.com/watch/accessibility-adobe/part-2-exporting-and-finalizing-your-pdf/
- Lynda.com - https://www.lynda.com/ Paid subscription required
- YouTube video InDesign 6.0 Accessibility, published Apr 17, 2013 Create accessible electronic files using InDesign and the Structure Panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4XdTqlNLio
Alt Text resources
- https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/complex/
- http://webaim.org/articles/gonewild/#alttext
- http://accessibility.psu.edu/images/flowcharts/#flowchart
Design
Inclusivity, Gestalt Principles, and Plain Language in Document Design http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2016/accessibility/
Color
http://www.color-blindness.com/coblis-color-blindness-simulator/
Tips:
- Use paragraph styles through entire document
- Create export tags for paragraph, heading levels, p, artifact etc.
- Anchor images within content flow
- Add alternative text for images
- Include internal document navigation (table of contents, bookmarks, etc.)
- Establish content order
- Give document a title and description
- Optimized accessibility export PDF settings
InDesign CS6 Accessible Document Procedure
Use either Structure Panel or the Articles Panel to add accessibility because you can't use both
Tags > Style Export Tagging
- Use Paragraph Styles to give structure to document (example: Heading, Section Hdrs)
- Go to Paragraph Styles Menu
- Edit all export tags
- Just need to choose tags for Headers and Artifacts, everything else is assigned “P” tag
- Tables, and table headers, lists, footnotes and hyperlinks are tagged automatically in InDesign
- Template Headers and Footers (page numbers) will not get tagged
- Create tagged hyperlinks (Type > Hyperlinks & Cross Reference > New)
Object Anchoring
- Select image
- Select blue node on box and drag to insertion point in article
- View > extras > show text threads to see where it’s anchored
Alt Text > Object Export Option
- Object > Object Export Option
- Alt Text tab
- Custom to enter any text
- Alt Text tab
- Tagged PDF (Structure is from XML structure)
- Apply Tag > Based on Object
- Assign backgrounds/unimportant art as Artifact
- Actual Text Source > Alt tag description
Table header row
- Use type tool to select table
- Hoover curser over left edge of row to make a header
- Go to Table Menu > Convert Row > To Header
- Row headers cannot be defined in InDesign
Window > Articles Panel (Used to create Tag Order) If item is not in articles panel it will not get tagged.
- Click on objects on page, drag into panel
- Name article (cover page)
- Go to next page
- Select items on page by shift-clicking in order of reading, or click hold and re-arrange items in proper order
- If using layers panel – group names will be reflected in articles
- Go up to Articles panel menu and select: Use for reading order in tagged PDF.
Layers Panel (Used to create Reading Order)
- Bottom up (put background images and artifacts on bottom then put first item to be read (example: document title) and so on. Last item to be read will be at the top of the list.
Exporting and Finalizing PDF
Add Bookmarks (to build navigation scheme for PDF)
- Window > Interactive > Bookmarks
- Adding these bookmarks will transfer to PDF when exported
- Hyperlinks and cross reference: Window > Interactive > Hyperlink
Add Meta data
- File > File Info
- Document Title, Author, Description, Keywords (all these help with SEO)
Export to PDF
- File > Export > Interactive
- Check “Create Tagged PDF
- Check “Include All” next to Forms and Media ( for bookmarks and hyperlinks to work)
Acrobat
- File > Properties > Advance to select English
- Window options: Show > Document title
- Description tab: remove the “;” from the field
- Set Tab Order
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- Select all Thumbnails > Options Menu > Page Properties > Use Document Structure