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Fresh Page TrainIng

Publishing Accessibility –
Real world hands-on training

Our custom course takes you through all the recommended steps for the design and build of compelling and inclusive print and ebooks from start to finish.

This is an overview of the subjects covered over the course of the three days.

InDesign

110 – The InDesign environment

Understanding key tools, panels, menu commands and more to maximise best use of InDesign's interface.

120 – Designing InDesign documents

Essential planning, preparation and considerations to undertake before starting‍ your InDesign documents.

130 – InDesign Type Fundamentals

Overview of Character and Paragraph formatting options available from InDesign’s Control panel.

135 – InDesign Type Fundamentals continued

Overview of Character and Paragraph formatting options available from InDesign’s Control panel.

140 – InDesign Document Infrastructure

How a document's infrastructure such as stacking order and layer hierarchy affect the document.

150 – InDesign Character Formats

Detailed overview of Character formats including lesser-known panel menu settings and key shortcuts.

155 – InDesign Character Formats continued

Detailed overview of Character formats including lesser-known panel menu settings and key shortcuts.

160 – InDesign Paragraph level formatting

Detailed overview of Paragraph formats including lesser-known panel menu settings and key shortcuts.

165 – InDesign Paragraph level formatting continued

Detailed overview of Paragraph formats including lesser-known panel menu settings and key shortcuts.

170 – InDesign Text Frame Options

Looking at the InDesign text frame options and how they relate to CSS

175 – InDesign Text Frame Options continued

Looking at the InDesign text frame options and how they relate to CSS

Styles

210 – Understanding InDesign Styles

Apply the fundamental building blocks by using styles throughout the page design.

215 – Understanding InDesign Styles continued

Apply the fundamental building blocks by using styles throughout the page design.

220 – Paragraph and Character Styles in Word

Applying styles in Word to link content to structure, text design and semantic meaning.

225 – Paragraph and Character Styles in Word continued

Applying styles in Word to link content to structure, text design and semantic meaning.

230 – Core Styles

A core set of consistent styles and classes shared between Word, InDesign and EPUB.

240 – Adapting InDesign Styles for EPUB CSS

Our recommended approach for taking the styling from the text page though to the EPUB.

250 – Word styles to InDesign styles to Ebook styles

Maintaining the connection between the editorial content, text design and ebook presentation.

260 – Fonts

Ensuring predictable and legal use of fonts in print and ebooks.

Word

310 – Word Views and Navigation

The Navigation panel and using views including Outline to check, edit and navigate the document

320 – Setting up copy in Word

Entering and formatting text for the manuscript in Word to cleanly import into InDesign and export to EPUB.

325 – Setting up copy in Word continued

Working with a consistent set of styles that are applied at manuscript, text design and EPUB export.

330 – Word Find and Replace

Using Find and Replace to clean up formatting and apply the Styles essential for retaining formatting.

340 – Word Tips and tricks

Customising Word to make it work more efficiently, essential shortcuts and lesser used (but beneficial) features

Structure

410 – InDesign Grids

Setting up and using grids to ensure your documents maintain consistency and remain aesthetically-pleasing.

411 – InDesign Anchored objects

Different options for anchoring and editing objects in InDesign and their importance to the EPUB format.

420 – Establishing EPUB reading order

Indicating how the content is ordered whilst still in InDesign.

430 – Semantic meaning

Explaining the reason behind a style change carries the meaning to those not looking at the text.

440 – Heading Hierarchy

Setting the correct heading levels and applying meaning above appearance.

Content

510 – Bringing content into InDesign

Careful placement using Import Options effectively can preserve valuable information and structure.

520 – Syncing content and text design during the editing process

Keeping editorial content in sync with InDesign text designs.

540 – InDesign Text Composition and Editorial Features

Typographical control such as using different Composition engines and hyphenation and justification settings.

545 – InDesign Text Composition and Editorial Features continued

Typographical control such as using different Composition engines and hyphenation and justification settings.

550 – Hyperlinks

Adding hyperlinks in Word and InDesign with considerations for exporting to EPUB

560 – InDesign Table of Contents

Understanding the importance of hierarchical styles to quickly and efficiently create a Table of Contents.

740 – Footnotes, Endnotes and Cross-References

Working with Footnotes, Endnotes and Cross-references in Word and InDesign

Graphics

610 – Working with colour

Understanding different colour modes and settings and which to use to best suit your workflow.

615 – Working with colour continued

Understanding different colour modes and settings and which to use to best suit your workflow.

620 – Working with graphics in InDesign

Recommended graphic formats for best use in different scenarios and predictable output from your document.

625 – Working with graphics in InDesign continued

Recommended graphic formats for best use in different scenarios and predictable output from your document.

630 – Image descriptions

Methods for applying alt text and image descriptions during the workflow.

640 – Applying image descriptions at scale

Methods for alt text and extended descriptions in bulk.

Tables

710 – Tables in Word

Recommended steps for preparing table data in Word and considerations for importing into InDesign.

720 – Tables in InDesign

Key differences between Word and InDesign tables and understanding limitations of Table and Cell Styles.

730 – Tables and Maths in EPUB

Looking at how to improve the accessibility in EPUB from InDesign tables plus alternative solutions to introduce tables and maths.

Exporting

820 – Checking the Word document

Key considerations before making the Word document available for InDesign. ‍

830 – Checking the InDesign document

Before exporting to EPUB we want to know the InDesign document itself is in the best shape.

840 – Accessibility Metadata

Declaring the accessibility features of an ebook inside the ebook file.

850 – Exporting to EPUB

Knowing the best options to create the most accessible and well presented content.

850 – Reflowable or fixed-Layout EPUB choice

The pros and cons of the EPUB formats and the choices for accessibility.

860 – EPUB validation, checking & troubleshooting

Running epubcheck validation and interpreting the results.

870 – Checking and testing

Opening the exported ebook with accessible reading systems, devices and ebook readers.

Coding

020 – The languages of EPUB

The EPUB standard uses the languages from the open standards of the web.

030 – The structure of EPUB

The EPUB standard has a specific file structure that is important to understand.

920 – Code editing confidence

Use our recommend method to open and navigate inside EPUBs when required.