Chelius Graphic Services

05/02/2023

Are you registered for our free webinar entitled:
"Accessible Documents: How long will it take?"
Just 1 day left: May 3 at 9am PST
https://lnkd.in/g6mHG-ey

This 45-minute webinar focuses on evaluating documents and projects that must be accessible. One of the hardest things to account for when responding to a client request or an RFP is understanding how accessibility will affect time and budget. Accessibility experts Chad Chelius, ADS and Dax Castro, ADS offer key questions and evaluation techniques for understanding how to spot roadblocks and time-trap items in your documents or projects when they must be WCAG, AODA, DDA or Section 508 Compliant. All attendees will leave with several accessibility handouts, including the Level of Effort Matrix Cheat Sheet. Our goal is to empower you with a greater understanding of how to evaluate their content and accurately account for the time it will take to create them.

• Learn how to evaluate a PDF and estimate the time commitment.
• Spot potential pitfalls and time traps.
• Get several handouts that will help you and your team create more accessible content.

This event sold out last time. There are only 500 seats available. Will you attend or miss out on the info and handouts?

https://lnkd.in/g6mHG-ey



IAAP - International Association of Accessibility Professionals
SMPS—Society for Marketing Professional Services
CNIB

10/28/2021

Adobe MAX is happening now! My session L312 - Building with Style Types in InDesign is today at 4:00. MAX is totally free so register today! www.adobe.com/max.html.

09/22/2021

Hey everyone! I wanted to make everyone aware of a new script that I've written with the help of my friend Keith Gilbert for Adobe InDesign that automates some of the accessibility tasks required in order to output an accessible PDF file. Check out this video below to see how it works, and if you'd like to download the script, just go to this link https://lnkd.in/dxysVTK9. Enjoy!

https://lnkd.in/d7Uny39z

This free script for Adobe InDesign will automate the process of ensuring you have entered a title for your document, it will may your styles to the appropri...

04/05/2021

ACCESSIBILITY PODCAST?? Dax Castro and I often talk about accessibility approaches, questions we get from those attending our conferences and posts that appear in the "PDF Accessibility" Facebook group. One day we thought "Man we should be recording this!" and THAT is how Chax Chat (Chad and Dax) was born. Today we officially launch our podcast creation and you can find the first three episodes on your favorite podcast channels like Spotify, iHeart Radio, Google Podcasts, Youtube and soon iTunes. Just search for Chax Chat. And true to our fundamental beliefs, we're also providing accessible transcripts of each episode that you can find on chaxchat.com. Some of the topics in the first three episodes include the use of multiple H1 tags, Foreign Language Codes, Adobe Color for colorblind friendly palettes and usability vs code compliance. If you have a topic you think we should be talking about or a guest you think we should have on, reach out or leave a comment below! Tell us what you think of the podcast. We won't be offended if you hate it but we really hope you dont ;-)

02/04/2021

Adobe update released today with a bunch of bug fixes.

We heard you! We've been working hard at fixing the issues you reported to us. Here's the list of issues we fixed in the latest release of InDesign.

05/31/2020

Looking forward to speaking at : An event starting tomorrow. CreativePro Week is the world’s best HOW-TO conference for anyone that uses Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and Microsoft PowerPoint. Sign up now at CreativeProWeek.com.

04/20/2020

https://creativepro.com/using-indesign-and-xml-to-create-an-interactive-map-of-covid-19-data/

Helping CreativePros learn the tools, techniques, and methods for creating, engaging, and publishing

04/07/2020

"I was thinking how it would be nice to be able to quickly view the Covid-19 situation across the US. So I created this interactive map so you can click on a state and view the stats. You can even click on two or more states to compare. I hope you find it helpful. I'll update the stats each morning moving forward. Note this is a work in progress."

03/27/2020

To help everyone in this challenging time, Em Software is making their awesome Docsflow product available free for 3 months! Docsflow allows you to link Word focus to InDesign and maintain formatting! Download the demo at http://emsoftware.com and when asked for a license use EK-P-15-I-U-1-APEL-JFKS-TWBP-WAPR. Thanks Em Software!

Supercharge your editorial and data-driven publishing workflows

02/05/2020

Check out my article in InDesign Magazine on create an Accessible PDF from InDesign!
https://indesignsecrets.com/10-steps-to-accessible-pdf.php

11/19/2019

Creative Cloud Deals going on now!

Review Adobe Creative Cloud membership plans and prices. Get access to all desktop applications, storage space, and file syncing and sharing features.

11/07/2019

My article on the InDesign 2020 new features is now available on the InDesign Magazine web site.

Chad Chelius details all the new features and fixes in the latest version of InDesign