Making the most of PDFs

This document has been designed to give practical step-by-step information to enable anyone reading electronic material to amend its look and feel into a style which suits them, their audience or the context in which it is used. The optimum accessibility and usability of a document will be different for every user and every user environment. With these guidelines people can take control of the way a document is presented or navigated. Step-by-step instructions are provided for Microsoft

Word, Adobe

Reader, Microsoft

Internet Explorer and Mozilla

Firefox.

This document is designed to outline the techniques people need to ensure the writing of accessible electronic information. This document will concentrate on guidance for Microsoft

Word. When producing electronic information the biggest accessibility gain is ensuring the user can amend the look and feel in a way which suits them. However, there are a number of font and structuring techniques which can increase the readability for a larger number of people.

It is important to ensure that while creating presentations accessibility is considered. This document will provide information on the creation of accessible presentations, both for projection and wider use (for example, when a presentation is made available online) along with hints and tips on how to present to an audience in an accessible manner.This document will concentrate on the use of Microsoft

PowerPoint.

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