If you create PDFs, you should know how to make them accessible. 

About this guest spotlight

In this spotlight, Tess Hutley, Inclusive Content Consultant answers all the questions we had about creating accessible PDFs. She talks about the importance of formatting the document before remediating it in Adobe, the different tools that you can use to prepare the document and some of the most common issues she sees with PDFs. 

Watch the recording of the conversation:

Or read the transcript: Creating Accessible PDFs transcript

Resources mentioned:

• Commonlook Validator plugin

• Commonlook PDF plugin

• Confluence

• Courses from Intopia (where Tess runs her courses)

• A simple PDf guide from the College of Arts and Sciences

• A PDF accessibility guide from WebAim

• List of PDF techniques from w3.org

• Course on PDf accessibility by Karen McCall

Discussion questions:

Get Involved: Come to the LCA Spotlight LinkedIn group and join the conversation.

• What do you use PDFs for and when do you use more accessible alternative formats?

• What causes the most issues with PDFs in your opinion?

• Do you have any other tips for designing accessible PDFs?

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