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• Accessibility and QR codes
  Source: Terta Logical

  Quick Response (QR) codes are graphics that can be scanned to direct people online to complete an action or find content. This blog post explores considerations and provides guidance for creating accessible experiences with QR codes.

  Categories: Core Concepts, Images, Posters & Infographics, Resource Tags: Article
• Accessible PowerPoints
  Source: Greate Lakes ADA Center

  Learn about creating accessible PowerPoint presentations that ensure information is accessible to individuals of all abilities

  Categories: Documents & Presentations, PowerPoint, Resource Tags: Video
• Accessible Word Documents
  Source: Great Lakes ADA Center

  This presentation explores the key principles, techniques, and tools needed to make your documents accessible to all.

  Categories: Documents & Presentations, Resource, Word Tags: Video
• Creating Accessible and Inclusive Presentations
  Source: Accessibility Talks

  The presentation covers accessibility definitions, standards, and guidelines and then shares practical tips and examples to help make presentation slide decks and presentations more accessible.

  Categories: Documents & Presentations, PowerPoint, Presentations, Resource Tags: Video
• How to check and fix PDF accessibility issues
  Source: PopeTech

  To check and fix PDF accessibility issues, you’ll need certain knowledge and tools. A common software is Adobe Acrobat Pro, which has all the tools needed to make a PDF accessible. In this article, we’ll review the tools and steps you can take with Adobe Acrobat Pro to check and fix PDF accessibility issues.

  Categories: Documents & Presentations, PDF, Resource Tags: Article
• PDF Accessibility on the Web: Tricks and Traps – Part 1
  Source: TPGi

  We look at some general background on PDFs and accessibility, tools for checking and remediation PDF accessibility issues and what some of those are related to document structure, using Acrobat Pro as our main tool.

  Categories: Documents & Presentations, PDF, Resource Tags: Article
• PDF Accessibility on the Web: Tricks and Traps – Part 2
  Source: TPGi

  We look at page structure, navigation, forms, and browser-native PDF Reader (where all your hard work in making your PDF accessible can come undone).

  Categories: Documents & Presentations, PDF, Resource Tags: Article
• PDF Accessibility on the Web: Tricks and Traps: Ricky Onsman
  Source: Equalize Digital

  PDF documents on the web can be made accessible if the proper techniques are applied – but even then, there are some things to watch out for. TPGi’s Principal Technical Writer, Ricky Onsman, highlights some problems and solutions.

  Categories: Documents & Presentations, Resource Tags: Video
• Why GOV.UK content should be published in HTML and not PDF
  Source: GOV.UK: Government Digital Service

  PDFs are harder to find, use, and maintain. More importantly, unless created with sufficient care PDFs can often be bad for accessibility and rarely comply with open standards.

  Categories: Documents & Presentations, PDF, Resource Tags: Article
• Word and PowerPoint Accessibility Evaluation Guide
  Source: WebAIM

  A guide to automated and manual checks for Word and PowerPoint. 

  Categories: Documents & Presentations, PowerPoint, Resource, Word Tags: Video
• Your eight-step PDF accessibility checklist
  Source: Deque

  In this article, you’ll get a brief overview of what PDF accessibility is and why it’s so important. We’ll also provide you with an easy, eight-step checklist that you can use to help ensure your PDFs are fully accessible.

  Categories: Documents & Presentations, PDF, Resource Tags: Article