Adobe® Acrobat® 9 Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for Accessibility
IntroductionMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro2 |Generating Accessible PDF Files from Authoring Applications“Creating Accessible PDF Files
IntroductionMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 3Document languageSpecifying the document language in a PDF enables some screen readers to
IntroductionMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro4 |Though Acrobat Standard provides some functionality for making existing PDFs accessible,
Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro5Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowPDF Accessibility Workflow SummaryAt a high level, the p
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro6 |means the content is not accessible to users who rely
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 7ClearScan option will display smoother edges as shown
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro8 |Figure 4 Recognize Text Dialog and Recognize Text Set
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 9This discussion limits itself to the accessibility iss
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro10 |Practices Guide.The Form Wizard completes its analysi
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 11Forms Editing ModeWith the PDF form in Forms Editing
Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, Acrobat Connect, the Adobe PDF logo, Creative Suite, LiveCycle, and Reader are either registered trade-marks or tradem
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro12 |• You can right click over the form to present option
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 13about the field or to provide instructions. For examp
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro14 |Figure 9 Tooltips and Button Values for Radio Button
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 15Note: You can select multiple fields by holding the C
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro16 |the document view. To move it to the second position,
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 17Figure 11 Setting the document languageSet Security
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro18 |Figure 12 Security Tab Location in Document Properti
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 19Create Accessible LinksWith thoughtfully provided lin
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro20 |In Acrobat, you can use bookmarks to mark a place in
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 21Figure 14 Tagged PDF File Property• Reveal the Tags
ContentsContents iIntroduction 1PDF Accessibility 1Each PDF File is Different 1Two Workflows for Creating Accessible PDF Files 1Making an Existing
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro22 |Figure 15 Document is Tagged PDF Indicator in a Stru
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 23You could choose to repair the problems at this time
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro24 |• Tag fillable form fields and their labels• Add alte
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 25Each highlighted region is numbered and highlighted w
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro26 |• Formula . Tags the selection as a formula. Because
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 27Within each region, text is ordered left to right and
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro28 |regions are renumbered to show the new reading order.
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 29• In the TouchUp Reading Order dialog box, select Sho
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro30 |Do any of the following: • If a figure isn’t tagged a
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 31Figure 19 TouchUp Reading Order Alternate Text Dialo
ContentsMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Proii |PDF Accessibility Workflow Summary 5Step 1: Analyze the PDF File 5Step 2: Determine if the
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro32 |• With the cursor over the table, right click to sele
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 33Figure 21 Table Editing ModeOnce in Table Editing Mo
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro34 |Figure 22 Table Cell PropertiesThe Table Editor Opti
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 35Remove or replace document structure tagsIf the tags
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro36 |order in which they appear on the page, similar to ta
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 37Content Tab OptionsIn the Content tab, use the Option
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro38 |Figure 25 Acrobat 9 Pro Order PanelTags PanelThe Tag
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 39Figure 26 Set Content Highlighting On for the Tags P
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro40 |Figure 27 Revealing TouchUp Properties for Tags Edit
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 41• New Tag . Creates a new tag in the logical structur
ContentsMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| iiiStep 5: Determine if the PDF File is a Tagged PDF File 20How to Tell if a PDF File is Tagg
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro42 |You can add alternate text and multiple languages to
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 43Create a new child tag• In the Tags tab, select the p
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro44 |Set ColSpan and RowSpan attributes• In the Tags tab,
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 45• This document’s security settings prevent access by
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro46 |Figure 28 Acrobat 9 Pro Accessibility ReportBecause
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 47• Reliable Character Encoding Is Provided . Checks fo
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair WorkflowMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro48 |
Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro49 Creating Accessible PDF Files Using Authoring ApplicationsIntroductionIn many cases, you can create t
Creating Accessible PDF Files Using Authoring ApplicationsMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro50 |• Avoid using Enter to create space betwee
Creating Accessible PDF Files Using Authoring ApplicationsMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 51Add Alternative Text to Word Graphics and
ContentsMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Proiv |Replace the existing tag structure 35Remove all tags from a PDF 35Complex Structures 35Co
Creating Accessible PDF Files Using Authoring ApplicationsMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro52 |• Select the Alt Text tab and enter the al
Creating Accessible PDF Files Using Authoring ApplicationsMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 53Figure 34 Microsoft Word 2007 Adobe Acrob
Creating Accessible PDF Files Using Authoring ApplicationsMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro54 |• Choose Adobe PDF > Change Conversion
Creating Accessible PDF Files Using Authoring ApplicationsMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 55features that create PDFs, such as Acrobat
Creating Accessible PDF Files Using Authoring ApplicationsMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro56 |Figure 37 PDFMaker Settings TabSecurity T
Creating Accessible PDF Files Using Authoring ApplicationsMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 57Figure 38 PDFMaker Security TabWord TabUs
Creating Accessible PDF Files Using Authoring ApplicationsMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro58 |Figure 39 PDFMaker Word TabBookmarks Tab
Creating Accessible PDF Files Using Authoring ApplicationsMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 59• Level . Specifies where the element fits
Creating Accessible PDF Files Using Authoring ApplicationsMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro60 |Figure 41 PDFMaker Video TabSettings for
Creating Accessible PDF Files Using Authoring ApplicationsMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 61• Preserve Animation (PowerPoint 2002 and
ContentsMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| v Creating Accessible PDF Files Using Authoring Applications 49Introduction 49Create an Acces
Creating Accessible PDF Files Using Authoring ApplicationsMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro62 |• Select Save as Adobe PDF from the Office
Creating Accessible PDF Files Using Authoring ApplicationsMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro| 63Changes to the Conversion SettingsSome rep
Creating Accessible PDF Files Using Authoring ApplicationsMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro64 |
ContentsMaking PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Provi |Microsoft Office 2007 61If the Word Document is a Form 62Check the PDF Version of the Docu
Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro1IntroductionPDF AccessibilityA document or application is accessible if it can be used by people with d
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