InDesign Accessibility Tips we wish we knew sooner!

Chax Chat Accessibility Podcast Podcast

Learn our favorite tips, tricks, and shortcuts to creating accessible documents in Indesign! Every application has hidden secrets, some so good you wish you knew them sooner. Join Chad Chelius and Dax Castro as they share their experiences behind these shortcuts, how they found them, and how each tip can help you become a quicker, more proficient document accessibility expert. 

 In this episode, we will cover how to name and outline heading levels, adding styles to headers, editing all export tags, different techniques to add Items to the articles panel, using the escape key to select the table cell, creating an object style for artifacting, and creating shortcuts to assign a heading level.

Find the Accessible InDesign Starter Template by visiting: https://www.accessibilityunraveled.com/accessible-indesign-styles/

 Get a demonstration of MadeToTag by visiting: 

Accessibilityunraveled.com/axesWord

Time Stamps

  • 0:00: Introduction
  • 3:30 - Topic Introduction
  • 5:57 - Name and Outline Headers
  • 12:56 - Adding Styles to Headers
  • 17:09 - Edit All Export Tags
  • 20:13 - Adding Items to the Articles Panel 
  • 24:19 - Use Escape to Select the Table Cell
  • 25:06 - Creating an Object Style for Artifacting
  • 29:16 - Creating Shortcuts to Assign Heading Levels

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