

You can then use Google Drive's Share menu to give View or Commentor access to a file. One option is to create a file in Google drive (Docs, Sheet or Slides) or upload an existing file. If the document may need changing in the future, consider some other ways of sharing a document in a 'view-only' format. Once created, PDFs aren't designed to be easily amended or converted back to another format. PDF may not always be the most appropriate format for sharing a document. F or editing and converting files, with an 'assembly view' feature for combining multiple documents.

Corel PDF Fusion, available on University-managed Windows machines and the Virtual Desktop Service.See the ABBYY IT Services page and our detailed user guide.

ABBYY has ‘OCR recognition’ which can be used to scan the text in image-only PDFs and make them accessible. PDFs can also be converted back into Excel or Word format. It can be used to convert, combine and edit PDF documents.
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Microsoft Office 365 is available to download for free while at the University. If you create a file in Word, Excel or Powerpoint, these can be saved in a PDF format in File > Save as > Browse (on Windows) > Save as type > PDF. Microsoft Office, a vailable on Mac and PC.Files opened in Google Docs, Sheets or Slides can be downloaded in an accessible PDF format by going to File > Download > PDF Document (.pdf). Google Drive, a vailable on Mac and PC.There are a few options for accessible PDF creation and conversion available at the University: Documents that have been created as ‘image-only’ PDFs, (such as documents that have been scanned in) may not be accessible. In doing this process, you should also check that you are creating an accessible document that can be recognised by screen readers and other assistive technologies. When creating some digital documents, you may need to convert these to PDF.
