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Process problems: How workflows keep you stuck in a PDF cycle

A website isn’t a filing cabinet, but somehow yours has become a PDF repository. No one sets out to build a digital monument to the PDF. How did this happen? We all know that HTML text is best for website content. But PDFs are easy to create and upload, and many internal workflows are reliant […]

Building Accessible Style Templates in Word for Campus Faculty and Staff

Microsoft Word includes a robust set of tools to allow the creation of accessible documents which can work well for multiple readers and/or their assistive technology. These include correctly using heading styles, accessible table formatting, usable list bullets and numbers as well as adding image alt text. However, most writers in Word do not know […]

How to Kill Your PDF (and Get Away With It)

PDFs have been a thorn in your side for a long time. Isn’t it time they get what they’ve got coming? Get a quick review of why PDFs are so, so wrong, covering accessibility and other equity issues, as well as some potential workarounds. Then we’ll go over a case study of Harper College’s multi-year […]