Making Your Files 508 Compliant

1 Day, 9:00-4:00

Course Overview

This instructor-led, hands-on course teaches the essential skills necessary to work with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Adobe PDF files to make them 508 compliant. In order to successfully complete this course, you should be familiar with Microsoft Office applications and Adobe Acrobat.

Course Objectives

Understand requirements for making documents accessible
Make Word, PowerPoint, Excel and PDF files 508 compliant
Embed structural tags, add alternative text descriptions of graphic elements, and set document properties for compliancy
Overview of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)

Course Outline

What is Section 508 and Why is it Important?

Understanding Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
Why is Section 508 Important?
Identifying Accessibility Features in Windows
Observing 508 Compliance Requirements

Making Microsoft Office Files Compliant

Producing Accessible Documents
Creating Microsoft Word 508 Compliant Documents
Generating a Structured Document
Formatting and Styling
Providing Descriptive Alternative Text for Images
Creating 508 Compliance Tables in Word
Using Accessibility Checker
Checklist for Making an Accessible Word Documents
Creating Microsoft Excel 508 Compliant Workbooks
Creating Microsoft PowerPoint 508 Compliant Presentations
Designing PowerPoint Presentations
Checking PowerPoint Content Order

Using Adobe Acrobat to Make PDFs Compliant

Introducing PDFs and Accessibility
Understanding Characteristics of an Accessible PDF Document
Using Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader Accessibility Features
Types of PDF Files
Tagging PDFs to Make Accessible

Checking PDFs for Compliance

Checking the Reading Order
Reviewing and Rearranging the Reading Order
Ensuring Figures are Tagged Correctly and Have Alternative Text
Reviewing Tables to Ensure They are Interpreted Correctly
Additional Validation Techniques
Redacting Information from a PDF
Removing Hidden Information

Sanitizing Documents

Creating Accessible Interactive Fill-In Forms in Acrobat

Create a Fill-in Form
The Form Creation Process
Form Tool Set and Elements
Form Editing Mode
Compile and Manage PDF Form Data
Use the Distribute Form Wizard
Form Tracker Window
Compile and Manage PDF Form Data

Overview of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)

What is WCAG 2.0?
Who is WCAG For?
What is in WCAG 2.0?
Understanding the Four Principles of Accessibility
Understanding Conformance
How to Meet WCAG 2.0
Techniques for WCAG 2.0
Understanding WCAG 2.0
Side-by-Side WCAG vs. 508

Cost and Delivery Format Options

We offer the above listed class as a private group class in the following delivery formats:

Live Virtual
1-4 students	$950
5-8 students	$1400
9-12 students*	$1600
*$100 per additional student

At Your Location
1-4 students	$1200
5-8 students	$1650
9-12 students*	$1850
*$100 per additional student

Private Group Training

Volume discounts of 5% to 20% are available when five or more training days are scheduled. For classes conducted at your location, you are responsible for the classroom setup which should include:

A computer for each student (with the appropriate software installed), and
An instructor workstation connected to a visual display (e.g., projector, smartboard, etc.).

Customization

Softek can easily customize a training course that covers the specific topics you require and integrate examples relevant to your work environment. Course customization is billed at $150 per hour and covers time needed to meet, discuss, prepare, and incorporate any specific examples into the training program. Once we have a better idea of what you have in mind, we will be glad to provide a specific price quote for the customization.