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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#323E4F">For most subjects, I’m a huge fan of Lynda.com and am constantly encouraging our campus community to use it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#323E4F">HOWEVER, when it comes to the Lynda courses on accessible MS Office documents, a lot of their information is just plain INCORRECT. An older flawed course
on accessible Office docs was replaced, about a year ago, by one that is even worse. I have written them about this a couple of times, but the new course is still up there.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#323E4F">A few examples (of many) from the course, “Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Office” by Glenna Shaw:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#323E4F">For alt text in Word documents, she puts redundant information in the Title and Description areas, and does not point out that the Title line
might not be read at all by screen readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#323E4F">She does not put images in line with text.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#323E4F">She merges cells in a table!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#323E4F"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#323E4F">She implies that if the Accessibility Checker doesn’t point out any problems, then your document is fine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#323E4F">I haven’t viewed the Lynda courses on accessible PDFs, so those may be fine, but please do not rely on the MS Office accessibility “information.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#007048">Christine Robinson</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#007048">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Doug Hayman<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 5, 2018 3:39 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Document remediation training materials<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There is the extensive PDF accessibility class on <a href="http://lynda.com">
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 12:33 PM Michael Canale <<a href="mailto:canale@umbc.edu">canale@umbc.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Doug Hayman <<a href="mailto:dhayman@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">dhayman@u</a><a href="http://w.edu" target="_blank">w.edu</a>><br>
Senior Computer Specialist<br>
DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology)<br>
UW Technology Services<br>
Box 354842<br>
Seattle, WA 98195<br>
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