PDF Accessibility Workshop

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – November 30, 2009

We're conducting a free beta of our new PDF Accessibility workshop. Bring your own lunch.

Registration is limited to 10 people. After we're done the workshop, we'll take an extra 45 minutes to discuss the content, the concepts and get general feedback on the workshop. That's it! The course materials and the knowledge are yours to keep as our way of saying thanks for your participation in refining our latest workshop.

Accessibility isn't just for HTML any more! Take a tour through the world of accessible PDFs in this half day workshop. If you produce PDFs for documentation or easy distribution then you'll want to be sure to learn the essential concepts in this training course.

Many PDF accessibility courses teach you how to inspect a PDF in Adobe's Acrobat software and use Acrobat to modify your PDF to be more accessible. This is a great technique, but doesn't get to the heart of the matter. The truth is, there is a better way. In this course, you'll learn how to avoid these accessibility issues in the first place.

You won't want to miss this practical look at creating more accessible PDFs. Register today!

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Event
PDF Accessibility Workshop
Date
November 30, 2009, 8:00am-12:45pm
Location (View Map)
1485 Laperrière Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario
Cost
Free. Bring your own lunch. We'll provide snacks for mid-morning break. Maximum capacity of 10 people
Can't make it?
Tell us when you can or bring this workshop to your in-house team.

Who’s this workshop for?

This workshop is designed to meet the needs of anyone that produces PDF documents. We ensure that you have a basic understanding of accessibility principles and then learn to apply those concepts to PDF.

What are the learning objectives?

  • understand how basic concepts of accessibility apply to the PDF format
  • recognize the elements of accessible PDFs
  • learn how to create more accessible documents that lead to more accessible PDFs
  • understand a variety of PDF creation techniques and their implications for accessibility
  • learn how to create more accessible PDFs using the most common PDF generation tool — Microsoft Word
  • see how PDF tagging relates to the structure of a PDF
  • provide alternatives for images or other elements in a PDF
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“Partnering with Further Ahead to develop and deliver accessible web design training materials to our volunteers and participants was one of the best investments we ever made. He is among the most knowledgeable people in the world on the subject and cares about accessibility passionately.”

Sharron Rush, Executive Director, Knowbility

“Lots of real-world examples from which to draw best practices... Accessibility is something we all want to achieve. [The training course] equips us to make informed and sensible choices.”