Introduction to accessible PDFs
Creating documents such as PDFs with digital accessibility in mind will help you ensure that your content can be read and understood by as wide an audience as possible. So make sure you're getting it right, with guidance from the experts.
On Wednesday 5 February 2025, AbilityNet's Principal Accessibility Consultant, James Baverstock, hosted a free lunchtime learning session on the basics about how to make PDFs accessible:
- Understand what makes an accessible PDF
- Learn how to check a PDF for accessibility
- Find out how to edit the tags in a PDF
Watch the webinar recording below, download the slides and the transcript.
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Q&A
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Meet your trainer - James Baverstock
James Baverstock is a Principal Accessibility Consultant at AbilityNet. His role includes carrying out design reviews, accessibility audits, user testing, training and providing in-depth consultancy to organisations on web accessibility and usability.
His background includes experience of website management, automated testing systems and consultancy on digital policies and standards. He is accredited with the Certified Professional in Web Accessibility (CPWA) and Accessible Document Specialist (ADS) qualifications awarded by IAAP and holds an MSc in Information Systems from City University.
Download the PDF webinar slides
Download the slides used in the webinar [PPT]
Download the transcript
Download the transcript [DOC]
Useful links mentioned in the webinar
- Factsheet: Creating Accessible Documents
- Sign up to the AbilityNet newsletter for more free resources like this webinar!
- Find out about AbilityNet's Digital accessibility services
- Adobe: PDF accessibility overview
- Section508.gov: Create accessible PDFs
- PAC 2024 PDF checker
- Tagged PDF site
- PDF accessibility Facebook group
- PDFs and accessibility: Exploring the accessibility challenges
- Microsoft: Create accessible Office documents
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