Helping subject matter experts learn how to post stuff on the web
Let’s say you are collaborating with someone to complete some text edits on a website. That person may have access rights to post changes to production and you need a way to show them the before and after of the page. This video covers how to copy the text you need to edit out of a browser, paste it into Microsoft Word, then use the track changes feature to make edits. Continue reading “Track Changes in Microsoft Word”
If you are maintaining website content for your workplace, you may receive content in a Microsoft Word document. This video explains how to assign headers using the styles panel in Word, and how to clean up extra spacing once content is pasted into WordPress. Continue reading “Word to WordPress”
This video tutorial is about tagging PDF files for accessibility. Tagging creates a document structure that allows for screen readers to read PDFs aloud in the correct order, and also to allow a mobile device to reflow and display the file on small viewports. Continue reading “How to tag a PDF for accessibility”
If you are maintaining a set of web pages for your job, you may be asked to post a PDF. Each company has different standards when it comes to linked files. For instance, how and where to save them, and what the file naming convention is. In this video I’ll speak about where to save your PDFs, and how to set up the initial view in Acrobat. Continue reading “How to save a PDF for the web”
There are scores of content management system (CMS) brands, but despite the diversity on the market, they all share one aspect: structured content. The administration (admin) panel in any CMS will break out text areas meant for different kinds of text. Usually there will be a single text field for the main headline. Continue reading “Coding web page headings”