Export Tags and Contrast Tools

Extra tools to help set up InDesign documents for enhanced accessibility and quickly check the colour contrast of the text.

Label paragraph export tags

Export Tags and Contrast Tools
Add visual markers to InDesign paragraphs to show their applied export tags

The Label paragraph export tags tool (found in CircularFLO and GreenLight Tools > Accessibility Tools > Export Tags and Contrast) adds a visual marker to the left of each paragraph to reveal the export tag applied by the Paragraph style

A page has stripes of colour added to the page taht show that H1, H2, H3 and paragraph export tags applied

A paragraph with a paragraph p tag applied show a stripe of dark blue. Any paragraphs that have export tags set to auto shown a grey stripe.

h1 through to h6 tags are striped with colours of the rainbow. Applied colours can be amended in InDesign by editing their swatches (InDesign Window menu > Colo(u)r > Swatches)

Click the next tool in the Accessibility Tools panel Remove export tag labels to remove these highlight stripes.

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Export Tags and Contrast Tools

Remove export tag labels

Export Tags and Contrast Tools
Remove the visual markers added by the Label paragraph export tags tool

Click the Remove export tag labels tool (found in CircularFLO and GreenLight Tools > Accessibility Tools > Export Tags and Contrast) to remove the visual markers added to a page by the Label paragraph export tags tool.

A page has stripes of colour added to the page taht show that H1, H2, H3 and paragraph export tags applied
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Text Contrast tool

Export Tags and Contrast Tools
Check colours set in InDesign against WCAG AA & AAA contrast limits.

Insufficient contrast between text and background colours can affect everyone, but contrast is especially important for those with sight difficulties. A good resource is the WebAIM Contrast Checker.

The Text Contrast tool (CircularFLO or GreenLight Accessibility Tools > Text contrast check) is a free tool to quickly check the amount of contrast between the selected text and background colours.

Useful for print design as well as digital ebooks, the tool handles CMYK or RGB colours and tints and compares all selected text fill colours with all selected object fill colours.

Another useful free tool is https://www.tpgi.com/color-contrast-checker/

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