Accessible Documents Start in InDesign

Designing for accessibility starts at the beginning of your project—not at PDF export. In this session, you’ll learn how to set up InDesign templates with future accessibility needs in mind, even if you are not an accessibility expert.

Explore practical decisions that can support a smoother path to an accessible PDF, including color choices, paragraph styles with export tags, document metadata, reading order, alt text, artifacting, and parent pages. By building these considerations into your workflow from the start, you can create more consistent documents and reduce the amount of remediation required later.

Key takeaways:

• Choose colors that support accessible design
• Prepare paragraph styles with export tags
• Plan reading order using layers and the Articles panel
• Manage metadata, alt text, and artifacting
• Set up parent pages to support consistent document structure