Purdue University College of Agriculture
A publication template built for many authors
Purdue Extension publishes fact sheets and guides written by specialists across the state. I redesigned the template the College of Agriculture now uses, so each new publication looks like part of one family and comes out of InDesign ready to be made accessible.
The ask
One look, many authors, two languages
The college needed a template that kept its look consistent across authors and topics, worked in English and Spanish, and held up when the finished PDF had to meet WCAG 2.1 AA.
What I did
Designed the page system: masthead, gold ribbon, headline and body styles, sidebars and tables
Built paragraph, character, table and object styles so authors apply structure rather than formatting
Mapped every style to a PDF tag, so headings, lists and tables export with meaning
Set up Spanish editions with the correct language settings
Languages
2
Standard
WCAG 2.1 AA
PAC errors
0
The Spanish edition of HHS-790-W on the template.
PAC 2026 results for HHS-819-W.
The result
The template the college uses today
The template is in use across the Health and Human Sciences series. Publications built on it, including HHS-819-W and the bilingual HHS-790-W and HHS-841-W, pass PAC 2026 with zero PDF/UA failures.
2020 edition and 2026 edition
HHS-819-W, 2020 edition.
HHS-819-W, 2026 edition.