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How to Create Accessible PDFs with Adobe Acrobat 6

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"This is the best summary of preparing accessible pdfís from word documents that I have read." Fraser Syme, Civic Computing Ltd. Edinburgh.

I've had a read through your eBook today, and think it's brilliant, crammed with really useful information. I never realised there was so much you could do to make PDFs accessible." Gez Lemon (Juicy Studio)

An easy to read 22 page practical 'how to', for creating accessible Adobe Acrobat 6 PDF documents,

1. Developing guidelines to determine which documents should be published as PDFs.
2. Preparing source documents for the conversion process.
3. Testing the accessibility of PDF documents after they have been converted. Find out how to make the best of the built-in features and test tools.
4. Creating accessible PDF forms. A summary of techniques and tools for creating accessible forms within PDF documents.
5. Anticipating client side accessibility issues, and educating users about new accessibility features:

Topics covered include:

• Creating Accessible PDFs with Adobe Acrobat 6
• Deciding whether or not to create accessible PDFs
• Issues related to PDFs and access
• Preparing Source Documents
• A note about Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional versus Standard Version
• The importance of document structure when creating accessible PDFs
• Office 2000: preferences and conversion settings
• Setting compatibility, resolution, and fonts
• Choosing Fonts
• Saving settings as a Job Option
• Creating Web Links
• Preparing source documents for best results
• Busy Backgrounds to pages
• Use styles to format and add structure
• Turning on automatic formatting
• Providing alternative text for images
• Group illustrations created from smaller images
• Add document summary information
• Using the Accessibility Checker
• JAWS Commands for Acrobat/Reader
• Creating accessible forms in Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Documents
• Add Tab order within forms
• Adding form fields to a structured document
• Use background colour and borders to increase accessibility of forms
• Adobe PDF Forms Access Agent
• Anticipating client side accessibility issues, and educating users about new accessibility features
• Adobe Acrobat Reader accessibility features
• Keyboard Controls
• Contrast and colour control
• Automatic Scrolling
• Consider accessibility for people with mobility, hearing, and cognitive impairments