United States of AmericaVicky opened up a whole new world for me! Thank you!
U.S. Navy Memorial Auditorium
Event DetailsSpring finally arrived and not soon enough for most of the winter-weary DC-IDUG members. We started the meeting with the usual assortment of drinks, pizza, fruit and cookies. Lots of discussions amongst the attendees while waiting for the event to start.
The March meeting was dedicated to Accessibility, a topic of growing interest and concern to many of our members. The meeting started with a presentation by Greg Pisocky, a leading member of Adobe’s accessibility team. He gave a technical overview of the issues in meeting legal requirements for accessibility and the tools available within InDesign and Acrobat.
Vicky Richards of the Social Security Administration wowed us with real-world applications. She showed us what could be done and where there are still some gaps in what’s available. Vicky showed us how preparing documents in advance can make things easier while she took us step-by-step through the process of making a document accessible. By the end of the presentation, even those of us who started out quite confused came away with enough knowledge to realize that we could make our documents accessible. Now we just need to get out there and do it.
(BTW, Vicky's files are available for download at the bottom of this page.)
We concluded the evening by raffling off a number of books, EEI training sessions, magazine subscriptions and, of course, a copy of InDesign CS4.
If you weren’t there, you missed a great meeting. Just look at the comments below.
“I’ve been trying to figure out how to get accessible PDFs and now I know!! Thanks!!”
“Lots of great info. This could be an all-day seminar.”
“One of the best presentations yet. Just not long enough. Vicky was thorough and gave great examples.”
“One of the best, most substantial information presentations given at a meeting.”
“Vicky was great and did a nice job of clearly presenting the subject.”
“I know how to make web sites (HTML) accessible, but not aware how this is possible for PDFs. Accessibility is a must, and now I am more comfortable with PDFs.”
“Vicky opened up a whole new world for me! Thank you!”
Adobe CS5 Launch Event—May 25, 2010
Adobe Systems has made it official that April 12 will be the day they announce Creative Suite 5! (Join them online at 11am EDT that day to be a part of it, http://bit.ly/IDUGCS5.)
And your user group has been working on a fantastic launch event featuring some of our most popular presenters. So, be sure to set aside May 25 for a memorable launch event. More information will follow after the official announcement.
