Level 1
InDesign Lite
A single day on the essentials — documents, text frames, images and a print-ready PDF, without the depth of the full Essentials course.
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Level 5
Adobe
3 hours
Adobe InDesign Accessibility Course
Adobe InDesign Accessibility at a glance.
- Duration
- 3 hours, 9:00am – 12:30pm
- Price
- $420 per person, ex GST — purchase orders welcome
- Delivery
- In person, or live online with a facilitator
- Where
- Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney — or online
- Prerequisite
- InDesign Essentials
- Class size
- Small — everyone practises out loud more than once
- You take away
- A printed workbook, exercise files, and your own notes
- In-house
- Available for teams of four or more, at your office or ours
What you'll learn.
- Reading order, tags and alt text in InDesign
- Styling for structure rather than appearance
- Checking and fixing tags in Acrobat
- Exporting a PDF that passes an accessibility check
Course overview.
A half day on tagged, accessible PDFs — reading order, alt text, and passing the Acrobat checker.
The 3 hours works through 4 modules and 33 individual topics, from Accessibility basics to Extra topics. Each module is taught then practised — you do the thing rather than watch it done — on our exercise files, and on your own where you are able to bring them.
Groups are kept small enough that everyone gets hands on the keyboard, and the facilitator is in the room the whole time rather than dropping in. You leave with the workbook, the exercise files and notes in your own words.
Full course outline.
Every module we cover, and the topics inside each one. This is the same outline as the downloadable PDF — expand a module to see what sits under it.
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1Accessibility basics4 topics
- What makes a PDF accessible
- The role of tags
- How the accessibility workflow runs
- The standards you need to meet
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2Preparing files in Adobe InDesign16 topics
- Apply paragraph styles
- Configure export tagging inside paragraph styles
- Why styles must be applied properly
- Anchor images into the text flow
- Control anchored objects
- Give images alt text and tags
- Tag graphic elements
- Change metadata in Bridge
- Add more metadata fields to Bridge
- Apply a metadata template in Bridge
- Choose object export options
- Create articles in the Articles panel
- Setting reading order in the Articles panel
- Fill in document metadata
- Export a PDF
- Which PDF settings to use
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3Finishing in Acrobat7 topics
- Check the document properties
- Work around the keyword metadata bug
- Declare the document language
- Review and adjust document order
- Confirm reading order with external plug-ins
- Run an accessibility check
- Read and act on the report results
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4Extra topics6 topics
- Where to find further accessibility resources
- Preview colour blindness in Photoshop and Illustrator
- Navigate with bookmarks
- Navigate with cross-references
- Navigate with hyperlinks
- Navigate with a table of contents
Who it is for.
Anyone publishing PDFs that have to meet WCAG or government accessibility requirements.
How it runs.
A half day, roughly 9am to 12:30pm, with a facilitator in the room the whole time. You get a workstation each with the software installed, in a CBD training room in any of the six capitals, or live online on your own computer.
Dates
Upcoming Dates
The next scheduled Adobe InDesign Accessibility dates, soonest first. If none of these work, tell us the city and we will let you know when the next block is released.
| Level | Date | Location | Delivery | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| InDesign Accessibility | Mon 7 Sep 26 | Remote East | Online | $420 | Book |
| InDesign Accessibility | Mon 7 Sep 26 | Melbourne | In person | $420 | Book |
| InDesign Accessibility | Fri 25 Sep 26 | Remote East | Online | $420 | Book |
| InDesign Accessibility | Fri 25 Sep 26 | Sydney | In person | $420 | Book |
| InDesign Accessibility | Tue 20 Oct 26 | Remote East | Online | $420 | Book |
| InDesign Accessibility | Tue 20 Oct 26 | Sydney | In person | $420 | Book |
| InDesign Accessibility | Wed 21 Oct 26 | Remote East | Online | $420 | Book |
| InDesign Accessibility | Wed 21 Oct 26 | Brisbane | In person | $420 | Book |
| InDesign Accessibility | Tue 10 Nov 26 | Remote East | Online | $420 | Book |
| InDesign Accessibility | Tue 10 Nov 26 | Sydney | In person | $420 | Book |
| InDesign Accessibility | Tue 8 Dec 26 | Remote East | Online | $420 | Book |
| InDesign Accessibility | Tue 8 Dec 26 | Sydney | In person | $420 | Book |
| InDesign Accessibility | Wed 23 Dec 26 | Remote East | Online | $420 | Book |
| InDesign Accessibility | Wed 23 Dec 26 | Sydney | In person | $420 | Book |
By city
Adobe InDesign Accessibility in your city
Venue, transport and the dates running there.
The rest of the category
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Level 3
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Reviews
What people said about Adobe InDesign Accessibility
Wizard courses run on the shared Nexacu schedule, so these are reviews of this course from people who sat it. Collected by Nexacu after the course and published as written.
This was so extremely helpful - David was incredibly succinct and I'll be taking these tools back to work (and printing all the sheets supplied!) Highly recommend for anyone using InDesign.
Hayley
29 September 2025
David delivered his teachings and guidance with great clarity, and the tips and techniques he shared were extremely valuable.
Joi
29 September 2025
Amazing and helpful, answering all the questions from every participant.Would love to have a timed agenda in the notes slides e.g. 10:30am is 15 min break etc just to help plan out the day.
Kelsy
27 November 2025
David was very knowledgeable and an engaging presenter.
John
30 January 2026
It was fantastic and filled in many of the gaps in my knowledge of accessibility. David also made me feel confident in what I know to be able to create accessible pdfs.
Sonia
30 January 2026
Being able to set up documentation that is inclusive.
Raquel
21 April 2026
Source: nexacu.com.au, read 27 August 2026. How feedback is collected.
Questions
Questions People Ask About This Course
Anything not answered here, call 1300 886 190 and ask a person.
How long is the Adobe InDesign Accessibility course?
It runs for 3 hours, 9:00am – 12:30pm, with a facilitator in the room the whole time. Nothing is pre-recorded and there is no platform to log into afterwards.
How much does Adobe InDesign Accessibility cost?
$420 per person, excluding GST. That covers the course, the workbook and exercise files and the room. If four or more people from one organisation need it, an in-house day usually works out cheaper — tell us the numbers and we will price both.
Do I need any experience before this course?
Yes — this level assumes InDesign Essentials, or equivalent experience picked up on the job. If you are not sure, tell us what you already do and we will place you honestly, including telling you to book the level below.
Can I do Adobe InDesign Accessibility online instead of in a classroom?
Yes. Every date marked “Live online” runs over video with the same facilitator and the same practice, in breakout groups rather than a room. You use the software on your own machine, so you leave with it set up the way you actually work.
Which cities do you run Adobe InDesign Accessibility in?
Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, plus live online. Every venue is a CBD training room with a workstation for each person. If your city and date are not paired on the schedule above, ask — dates are released in blocks.
Which InDesign level should I book?
Work from what people already do rather than how long they have used it. The full course outline above shows exactly what this course covers, and the Adobe InDesign page lists every level in order. Still unsure? Call 1300 886 190 and describe a normal Tuesday.
Whole team on the same level? Run it in-house.
Your files, your templates, your workflow — the same course, taught against your own material.