Make it Accessible: InDesign to PDF Best Practices
Disability Equity Office
October 29, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Online in Zoom
Sponsored by: SPH Instructional Services
Contact Information: Joanna Kovacevich, [email protected]
Join this workshop hosted by Disability Equity Office accessibility specialists to learn how to build accessibility into Adobe InDesign documents from the start, shifting from retroactive remediation to a “born accessible” workflow.
We’ll briefly discuss key accessibility regulations and what they mean for your documents, then cover design decisions that make a big impact, such as color contrast, font choice, layout, and content organization. The core of this session will be a guided demonstration of InDesign features that support an accessible output, including:
- text box threading
- image anchors and alt text
- paragraph style
- export options
- and much more
We’ll also show you how to export your content to a tagged PDF and provide resources for doing final checks and clean up in Acrobat. As a participant, you’ll receive access to a sample InDesign file to practice applying accessibility features along with additional resources for continued learning. There will also be time for Q&A.