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OLC Creative Services did not create these free scripts. We are grateful to each script author for these immensely helpful resources!

“DestroyAllAnchors” script – to eliminate all anchors in a document
“ReleaseAnyAnchor” script – to release an anchored object with a single click
“BreakAllTextThreads” script – to remove text threads in a document
“Check Document for Accessibility” script – to check the document for properly handled visuals and paragraph styles
“StyleLighter” script – to apply a visual highlight to all paragraph and character styles
“Find Change by List” script – this comes with all installations of InDesign; to quickly and easily clean up text
“SimpleHTML for InDesign” plugin – allows you to export HTML code from your accessible document – simply assign the same P or H tags under the HTML/ePub option in Paragraph Styles
Articles Panel Script for InDesign – shows you anything your document that was not put into the Articles panel

Use this handy checklist to keep track of the steps for making documents accessible in InDesign.

Understand all PDF Tags with this resource.

Download resources from Accessibility Unraveled.

OLC Creative Services may not offer training with InDesign accessibility.

Colleen Gratzer’s Accessible PDFs from InDesign Course
PubCom: Technologies for Accessible Design and Publishing
Chax Training and Consulting: Accessibility Unraveled offers free and paid training from experts Chad Chelius and Dax Castro
CreativePro Network routinely hosts accessibility summits
AdobeMAX has additional sessions each year related to accessibility
Knowability AccessU Conference is held annually with topics related to accessibility
CSUN Assistive Technology Conference is held annually with sessions on accessible technologies

OLC Creative Services may not offer support with InDesign accessibility.

PDF Accessibility Facebook group – accessibility expert Dax Castro created this group for PDF remediators and actively responds to posts with helpful answers
Adobe Community – InDesign accessibility expert Bevi Chagnon actively responds to many posts tagged with “accessibility” with helpful answers

Colleen Gratzer’s Accessible PDFs from InDesign Course includes a private Facebook group for group support for 6 months
PubCom offers technical consulting from Bevi Chagnon
Accessibility Unraveled: Chax Training and Consulting offers paid consulting services from Dax Castro and Chad Chelius

The IAAP Certification is the only Accessible Document Specialist certification in the world.