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It is necessary to remove this content in order not to overload the document unnecessarily.
Example of document during its desktop publishing design, in layout mode
Also, excessive use of effects, such as shadow or glow, make document pages much bigger and therefore, slow down document loading speed.
It is necessary to limit complex and/or repetitive vector effects. The best thing is to flatten these images once finished.
This drawing is, in fact, made up of many dislocated lines in the document, fractions which, when placed end to end give the impression of continuity.
But, this grid is actually produced with a multitude of vectors (the display surface is inside the real pattern). Such a high number of repeated vectors is very harmful to a publications loading speed, whether in PDF format or FlipBook format.
When importing media in the DTP software, opt for flattened images (flat EPS, etc.) rather than source files (PSD/AI/, etc.) Since this case is relatively uncommon, it should be reviewed on a case by case basis.
Here, the text can be selected, which means that the text has been dissociated from the image. Therefore, the textual information may be recovered and interpreted by screen readers.
5.2 Avoid certain effects on text which are harmful to the textual contents integrity (mirror writing, replace zeros with the letter O, etc.)
To remove aesthetic ligatures, untick the ligatures option in your DTP program
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Bad example: here, this title is broken down into several blocks of text, which chops and distorts the interpretation of this title from a computing point of view.
Good example: here, this title corresponds to a text block. This will enable a completely natural semantic interpretation.
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6.2 Avoid sentences running over two pages: this helps to provide a logical reading order, page by page, for the blind
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An exception may be made for company names and specific graphic charters
6.4 Use Open Type fonts (multi platform format), enabling the extraction and interpretation of characters in text format by voice synthesis programs
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Example of graph where colour alone distinguishes between one category of element and another
Example of a good graph where colour is accompanied by a pictogram for distinguishing between one category of element and another
Possible solution: enter the values directly in the diagram (opposite) or insert the values next to the legends.
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8 Tabular data
8.1 The tables presenting your data should be built using the communication softwares inherent functions: otherwise it is not possible to codify it as tables of data with line headings, cells, etc.
8.2 Enter a hyphen - in a tables empty cells: which attributes the empty cell with a textual alternative to null
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In InDesign, once the document has been finalised, in the File menu, instead of clicking on Export (Ctrl + E), click on Print (Ctrl + P).
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3) To check that the PDF produced has been generated by Acrobat Distiller, in Acrobat Pro, in the document properties (Ctrl + D), check in the Description tab that Acrobat Distiller appears in the PDF Producer field
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