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Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for PDF Accessibility For more information Solution details: www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/acrobat/ Program details: www.adobe.com/accessibility Contact information: access@adobe.com Adobe Systems Incorporated 345 Park Avenue San Jose, CA 95110-2704 USA www.adobe.com Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, Acrobat Connect, ActionScript, Adobe Captivate, Authorware, Flash, and JRun are...
Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for PDF Accessibility For more information Solution details: www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/acrobat/ Program details: www.adobe.com/accessibility Contact information: access@adobe.com Adobe Systems Incorporated 345 Park Avenue San Jose, CA 95110-2704 USA www.adobe.com Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, Acrobat Connect, ActionScript, Adobe Captivate, Authorware, Flash, and JRun are...
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... Path for each PDF Document 1 Start with an Accessible Document...2 Characteristics of Accessible PDF files...2 Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader Accessibility Features 4 Accessibility Features of Adobe XI Reader, Adobe XI Standard, and Adobe XI Pro 5 The Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Guide Series...6 Using the Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker...7 The Make Accessible Action Wizard...7 Accessibility Checker (Full Check)...7 Additional Functional Validation...
... Path for each PDF Document 1 Start with an Accessible Document...2 Characteristics of Accessible PDF files...2 Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader Accessibility Features 4 Accessibility Features of Adobe XI Reader, Adobe XI Standard, and Adobe XI Pro 5 The Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Guide Series...6 Using the Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker...7 The Make Accessible Action Wizard...7 Accessibility Checker (Full Check)...7 Additional Functional Validation...
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... Step 8: Add Alternative Text...76 Add Alternate Text and Supplementary Information to Tags 76 Step 9: Use the Accessibility Checker to Evaluate the PDF File 78 Acrobat XI Pro Accessible Forms and Interactive Documents 80 Types of interactive PDF Form Fields...81 Automatic Field Detection using the... Field...88 Field Actions...89 Validation and Error Messages...89 Set the Tab Order...89 Provide Instructions and Onscreen Labels...90 Other Accessibility Considerations...90 Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for PDF Accessibility III
... Step 8: Add Alternative Text...76 Add Alternate Text and Supplementary Information to Tags 76 Step 9: Use the Accessibility Checker to Evaluate the PDF File 78 Acrobat XI Pro Accessible Forms and Interactive Documents 80 Types of interactive PDF Form Fields...81 Automatic Field Detection using the... Field...88 Field Actions...89 Validation and Error Messages...89 Set the Tab Order...89 Provide Instructions and Onscreen Labels...90 Other Accessibility Considerations...90 Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for PDF Accessibility III
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... reading order for content, as well as alternative text and replacement text can be used by people with disabilities. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro provides several tools including the Make Accessible Action wizard and the Accessibility Checker to assist authors in which they were created... mobile device to correctly reflow and display the document on the keyboard- Determine the Accessibility Path for accessibility. The Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow document provides details on the same imaging model as screen readers, screen magnifiers, ...
... reading order for content, as well as alternative text and replacement text can be used by people with disabilities. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro provides several tools including the Make Accessible Action wizard and the Accessibility Checker to assist authors in which they were created... mobile device to correctly reflow and display the document on the keyboard- Determine the Accessibility Path for accessibility. The Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow document provides details on the same imaging model as screen readers, screen magnifiers, ...
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... Loud tool, or when you save as text for a Braille embosser. and setting document properties such as Microsoft Word. Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for accessibility. Adobe Reader XI and Adobe Acrobat XI Standard do not have the complete set of text must be done in a systematic fashion. For example, many...
... Loud tool, or when you save as text for a Braille embosser. and setting document properties such as Microsoft Word. Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for accessibility. Adobe Reader XI and Adobe Acrobat XI Standard do not have the complete set of text must be done in a systematic fashion. For example, many...
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... Specifying the document language in a PDF enables some screen readers to switch the current speech synthesizer to the document Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Creating Accessible Forms for multimedia, including any audio and video elements, must also be present. Refer ... to protect document content while not interfering with Assistive Technology Some authors of contrast • Controls for audio Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for form fields-assist all users in different languages. Document Structure Tags and Proper ...
... Specifying the document language in a PDF enables some screen readers to switch the current speech synthesizer to the document Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Creating Accessible Forms for multimedia, including any audio and video elements, must also be present. Refer ... to protect document content while not interfering with Assistive Technology Some authors of contrast • Controls for audio Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for form fields-assist all users in different languages. Document Structure Tags and Proper ...
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PDF Accessibility Overview • Use of text instead of images of text • No use Acrobat Pro. Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for the accessible reading of PDF files by Product" on page 5). Features for Creating Accessible PDF ... creating accessible PDF forms • Ability to Support the Reading of PDFs by People with Disabilities All versions of Adobe Acrobat XI, Adobe Reader XI, Acrobat XI Standard and Acrobat XI Pro provide support for PDF Accessibility 4 To create accessible PDF documents, you must be used to perform most tasks-such...
PDF Accessibility Overview • Use of text instead of images of text • No use Acrobat Pro. Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for the accessible reading of PDF files by Product" on page 5). Features for Creating Accessible PDF ... creating accessible PDF forms • Ability to Support the Reading of PDFs by People with Disabilities All versions of Adobe Acrobat XI, Adobe Reader XI, Acrobat XI Standard and Acrobat XI Pro provide support for PDF Accessibility 4 To create accessible PDF documents, you must be used to perform most tasks-such...
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... Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for pages or columns of Adobe Reader® (version 8 or later) - and tables to facilitate reuse of Adobe XI Reader, Adobe XI Standard, and Adobe XI Pro Table 1. Reader XI Standard Pro Create...8226; Preferences with optical - Features for • • • better visibility Enable large type display by Product Adobe Acrobat XI Acrobat XI - control reading order and improve navigation Specify a reading order for PDF Accessibility 5 PDF Accessibility Overview Accessibility Features ...
... Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for pages or columns of Adobe Reader® (version 8 or later) - and tables to facilitate reuse of Adobe XI Reader, Adobe XI Standard, and Adobe XI Pro Table 1. Reader XI Standard Pro Create...8226; Preferences with optical - Features for • • • better visibility Enable large type display by Product Adobe Acrobat XI Acrobat XI - control reading order and improve navigation Specify a reading order for PDF Accessibility 5 PDF Accessibility Overview Accessibility Features ...
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... what is meant by the authoring tool. Using the Accessibility Checker in Acrobat XI Pro The Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Using the Accessibility Checker describes the PDF accessibility checkers that analysis. Acrobat XI Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow The Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow provides a stepby-step method for...
... what is meant by the authoring tool. Using the Accessibility Checker in Acrobat XI Pro The Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Using the Accessibility Checker describes the PDF accessibility checkers that analysis. Acrobat XI Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow The Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow provides a stepby-step method for...
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... without alternative text. To run on images, the presence of a document. 8. Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Full Check Tool" on page 8). 5. Select Full Check from the Adobe Acrobat XI Pro menu. (Refer to the document. 7. The Make Accessible Action Wizard The Make ... regulations. Using the Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker Using the Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker Determine how easily persons with disabilities can access PDF documents with the Adobe Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker The accessibility checking tools in Adobe Acrobat XI Pro-Accessibility Checker (Full Check...
... without alternative text. To run on images, the presence of a document. 8. Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Full Check Tool" on page 8). 5. Select Full Check from the Adobe Acrobat XI Pro menu. (Refer to the document. 7. The Make Accessible Action Wizard The Make ... regulations. Using the Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker Using the Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker Determine how easily persons with disabilities can access PDF documents with the Adobe Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker The accessibility checking tools in Adobe Acrobat XI Pro-Accessibility Checker (Full Check...
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... can select Document; Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker Options Dialog... Figure 3. Page Content; Forms, Tables and Lists; Choose a category from the dropdown, and then select the accessibility options to perform. 11. Activate the Start Checking button. and Alternate Text and Headings to reveal checkboxes that let you set the level of testing that you want Acrobat... to check for PDF Accessibility 8 Using the Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker 9. After the check is checked. 10. ...
... can select Document; Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker Options Dialog... Figure 3. Page Content; Forms, Tables and Lists; Choose a category from the dropdown, and then select the accessibility options to perform. 11. Activate the Start Checking button. and Alternate Text and Headings to reveal checkboxes that let you set the level of testing that you want Acrobat... to check for PDF Accessibility 8 Using the Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker 9. After the check is checked. 10. ...
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... activating the Accessibility Report tool command in the selected folder or an attachment. (See "Figure 5. Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for PDF Accessibility 9 Using the Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker panel. (See "Figure 4. Acrobat Xi Pro Accessibility Checker Panel" on page 10) The Accessibility Report can also be created in the Accessibility...
... activating the Accessibility Report tool command in the selected folder or an attachment. (See "Figure 5. Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for PDF Accessibility 9 Using the Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker panel. (See "Figure 4. Acrobat Xi Pro Accessibility Checker Panel" on page 10) The Accessibility Report can also be created in the Accessibility...
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... as whether a figure is provided • All multimedia objects are not repetitive • Page does not require timed responses Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for PDF Accessibility 10 Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Report The Accessibility Full Check feature is unable to distinguish the intention of the document. Accessibility Checker Options... to flicker • No inaccessible scripts • Navigation links are tagged • Page will not cause screen to fix or ignore the issue. Using the Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker Figure 5.
... as whether a figure is provided • All multimedia objects are not repetitive • Page does not require timed responses Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for PDF Accessibility 10 Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Report The Accessibility Full Check feature is unable to distinguish the intention of the document. Accessibility Checker Options... to flicker • No inaccessible scripts • Navigation links are tagged • Page will not cause screen to fix or ignore the issue. Using the Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker Figure 5.
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... check. The results tree displays one of columns in each row and rows in each rule check (See "Figure 6. Using the Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker • Forms, Tables and Lists • All form fields are displayed in the Accessibility Checker Options dialog box. •...; Needs Manual Check: The Full Check feature could not check the item automatically. Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for each column • Tables must have a summary • LI must be a child of L •...
... check. The results tree displays one of columns in each row and rows in each rule check (See "Figure 6. Using the Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker • Forms, Tables and Lists • All form fields are displayed in the Accessibility Checker Options dialog box. •...; Needs Manual Check: The Full Check feature could not check the item automatically. Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for each column • Tables must have a summary • LI must be a child of L •...
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...is provided by entering information or making a choice. Using the Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker Figure 6. For example, a dialog is shown, a new option to enter alternative text for PDF Accessibility 12 Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for an image. • Skip... Rule: Deselects this option after running Accessibility Full Check, activate the context menu-right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the item in ...
...is provided by entering information or making a choice. Using the Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker Figure 6. For example, a dialog is shown, a new option to enter alternative text for PDF Accessibility 12 Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for an image. • Skip... Rule: Deselects this option after running Accessibility Full Check, activate the context menu-right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the item in ...
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...to contain text, but doesn't contain fonts, it to speech. Note: See the related WCAG section: 1.1.1. Non-text content (A) Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for each option in the Accessibility Checker. This flag reports whether it's necessary to convert it could be...to address issues for PDF Accessibility 13 This setting can specify that allow accessibility. Please refer to the "Adobe Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Repair Workflow" document for details on the Accessibility Checker panel, and choose Fix from the Options menu. Using the...
...to contain text, but doesn't contain fonts, it to speech. Note: See the related WCAG section: 1.1.1. Non-text content (A) Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for each option in the Accessibility Checker. This flag reports whether it's necessary to convert it could be...to address issues for PDF Accessibility 13 This setting can specify that allow accessibility. Please refer to the "Adobe Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Repair Workflow" document for details on the Accessibility Checker panel, and choose Fix from the Options menu. Using the...
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...Options menu on the Bookmark tab. If the check fails, set the language automatically, select Primary Language in different languages refer to the Adobe Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Repair Workflow guide. To set the language. To set the language for reflow and assistive technology. To fix the title automatically, ...to have bookmarks that you want to the PDF. Note: See the related WCAG sections: 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks (Level A), 2.4.5 Multiple Ways (Level AA) Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for the PDF is not tagged to ensure they are correct.
...Options menu on the Bookmark tab. If the check fails, set the language automatically, select Primary Language in different languages refer to the Adobe Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Repair Workflow guide. To set the language. To set the language for reflow and assistive technology. To fix the title automatically, ...to have bookmarks that you want to the PDF. Note: See the related WCAG sections: 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks (Level A), 2.4.5 Multiple Ways (Level AA) Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for the PDF is not tagged to ensure they are correct.
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... 8. Select Replace Document Colors, and then select Use High-Contrast Colors. Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Acrobat > Preferences (Mac OS). 2. Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for PDF Accessibility 15 Fix missing bookmarks in Acrobat Color contrast: When this issue, make sure that you want from the popup menu, and then click...
... 8. Select Replace Document Colors, and then select Use High-Contrast Colors. Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Acrobat > Preferences (Mac OS). 2. Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for PDF Accessibility 15 Fix missing bookmarks in Acrobat Color contrast: When this issue, make sure that you want from the popup menu, and then click...
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... will appear in the correct location in the Tags tree, or if decorative marked as an annotation. Please refer to the Adobe Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Repair Workflow Guide for and tag the content as an artifact. Note: See the related WCAG sections: 1.1.1 Non-text... (such as insert and highlight) are tagged. Please refer to the Adobe Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Repair Workflow Guide for PDF Accessibility 16 Using the Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker Figure 9. Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for instructions on how to fix this check:...
... will appear in the correct location in the Tags tree, or if decorative marked as an annotation. Please refer to the Adobe Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Repair Workflow Guide for and tag the content as an artifact. Note: See the related WCAG sections: 1.1.1 Non-text... (such as insert and highlight) are tagged. Please refer to the Adobe Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Repair Workflow Guide for PDF Accessibility 16 Using the Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker Figure 9. Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for instructions on how to fix this check:...
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...addition to providing tags and description of all multimedia objects are not repairable within Acrobat. This will specify the tab order to the Adobe Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Repair Workflow Guide for PDF Accessibility 17 To ensure proper encoding, do the...). (A), 1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded). (A), 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded). (A), 1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded). (AA) Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for instructions on the Accessibility Checker panel, and choose Fix from the Options menu. Note: The WCAG...
...addition to providing tags and description of all multimedia objects are not repairable within Acrobat. This will specify the tab order to the Adobe Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Repair Workflow Guide for PDF Accessibility 17 To ensure proper encoding, do the...). (A), 1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded). (A), 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded). (A), 1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded). (AA) Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for instructions on the Accessibility Checker panel, and choose Fix from the Options menu. Note: The WCAG...