Gardening Journal: Part 2

Yellow sunflower with brown center, two bugs crawling on the petals. Green leaves in the background.

When I wrote about starting a gardening journal in January 2024, I chose to use the free Garden Journal from the Old Farmer’s Almanac.

I wanted to record my gardening adventure in 2024, including what I planted, when seeds germinated, what did well, what didn’t, and hopefully have a reference for future years of gardening.

I had high hopes a digital journal would work well for me.

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What to Know About Accessible PDFs From Microsoft Word and Google Docs

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In her Knowbility Intro to Documents & PDFs session, Julie Romanowski shared her knowledge and insights for working with Microsoft Word and Google Docs to create accessible PDFs.

Director of Accessibility Services at Knowbility, Romanowski discussed basics of document and PDF accessibility, accessibility checkers, and shared tips for creating accessible documents.

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Quick Tip: How to Convert Image Text to Text

Quick tip: convert image text to text.

When our local school district shared crucial news about school breakfast and lunch meals for students during the Michigan school shutdown, they shared the information in a text image.

On the school website. And on Instagram.

With no text explaining the content inside the image.

Which meant the text content in the image wasn’t accessible to everyone. Continue reading Quick Tip: How to Convert Image Text to Text