Document Excellence Day – 11 October 2023
The them of this years ‘DEG Day’ was accessibility and adaptability.
The them of this years ‘DEG Day’ was accessibility and adaptability.
Our Document Excellence Day panellists – Rachel Baiden and Gill Garrod (Squire Patton Boggs), and Chloe Parfitt and Sally Short (Burges Salmon) outlined the approaches their organisations have taken to adopt changes to improve accessibility. They also shared some helpful resources, which we’re delighted to be able to pass on …
At our recent event, where we discussed accessibility for all, Katie Humphries from Accessibility Made Easy provided us with these top 10 tips for improving accessibility when working with documents.
October 11th 2023 is Document Excellence Day. This year we come together to discuss accessibility, and consider how we make our documents accessible to everyone, regardless of abilities, environment and devices.
Event write up by Jackie Armstrong, regular attendee It was so lovely to see lots of familiar faces (some in person and some online) as well as some new ones at the recent ILTA Education SIG, DEG and LTC4 meeting discussing the world of legal digital skills training. I was …
We all have our lifehacks for saving time and making things easier – the same goes for working on our documents.
Event write up by Hanneke ter Veen-Hockney, regular attendee “If you don’t design for accessibility, it’s like saying to every fifth person who walks in your door, ‘I don’t really want your business.’”*
As we consider the changes made in every workplace to address Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, we realise the progress we have made is remarkable.
Event write up by Sharon Gordon, regular attendee The DEG event, Manipulating and Managing PDFs, that took place in February 2023 was very enlightening, and I am very glad I was able to attend as I learned a lot about PDFs and how they are being used today.
A big thanks to everyone that joined in our event on the benefits and challenges of working with PDFs. This was a virtual event with a lively discussion led by Sheila Quansah-Solomon and Joanne Humber, joined by Michael Lawton (Kofax), Lee Trevallion (Kofax) and Rob Simcock (Kutana).