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From: John E Brandt
Date: Mar 3, 2014 9:35AM

I've been beating the "accessible digital documents" (ADD) drum for some
time. But my experience is that most folks are *never trained at all* on any
office suite product. It's all OTJ training. It is just assumed that
everyone today knows how to use these applications.

Kids used to take "typing" when I was in high school (I didn't). Are they
teaching "Word" now? I don't think so. Many of today's young adults start
using keyboards before they were out of diapers. The next generation are
swiping, flicking and spinning content on virtual keyboards and desktops...

I've tried to tackle the ADD with training articles and webinars. Not sure
how successful it has been as I see some of my former "students" doing the
same old things (old dogs?).

Here is what I developed: http://mainecite.org/add/

Be aware these have not been updated for close to two years; some things may
be out of date.

I've had better luck pushing the "Cheat Sheets" from the GOALS Project which
are probably more up to date and easier to disseminate:
http://ncdae.org/resources/cheatsheets/

~j


John E. Brandt
jebswebs: accessible and universal web design,
development and consultation
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