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...: Buttons, hyperlinks, and navigational aids 2 Document language 3 Security that will not interfere with assistive technology 3 Document structure tags and proper read order 3 Alternative text descriptions 3 Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader Accessibility Features 3 Features for Accessible Reading of PDFs 3 Features for Creating Accessible PDFs...
...: Buttons, hyperlinks, and navigational aids 2 Document language 3 Security that will not interfere with assistive technology 3 Document structure tags and proper read order 3 Alternative text descriptions 3 Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader Accessibility Features 3 Features for Accessible Reading of PDFs 3 Features for Creating Accessible PDFs...
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... to Do if the PDF is Not a Scanned Document 8 Step 3: Add Interactive Features: Form Fields and Buttons 8 PDF Form Fields 9 Use Acrobat to Detect and Create Interactive Form Fields 9 Acrobat Form Wizard 9 Enter Forms Editing Mode Directly 10 Create Form Fields Manually 10 Forms Editing Mode 11 Creating a New Form Field 11... 4: Add Other Accessibility Features 16 Document Language 16 Set Security That Permits Accessibility 17 Create Accessible Links 19 Add Bookmarks 19 Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
... to Do if the PDF is Not a Scanned Document 8 Step 3: Add Interactive Features: Form Fields and Buttons 8 PDF Form Fields 9 Use Acrobat to Detect and Create Interactive Form Fields 9 Acrobat Form Wizard 9 Enter Forms Editing Mode Directly 10 Create Form Fields Manually 10 Forms Editing Mode 11 Creating a New Form Field 11... 4: Add Other Accessibility Features 16 Document Language 16 Set Security That Permits Accessibility 17 Create Accessible Links 19 Add Bookmarks 19 Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
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... Table Editor 31 Add a Table Summary 31 Place the Table in Editing Mode 31 Remove or replace document structure tags 35 Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
... Table Editor 31 Add a Table Summary 31 Place the Table in Editing Mode 31 Remove or replace document structure tags 35 Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
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... 44 Full Check 45 Accessibility Full Check Options 46 Continue Checking Until All Issues are Addressed 47 Additional Validation Techniques 47 Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
... 44 Full Check 45 Accessibility Full Check Options 46 Continue Checking Until All Issues are Addressed 47 Additional Validation Techniques 47 Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
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... 60 PowerPoint-specific options on the Settings tab 60 Convert the Word Document to Accessible PDF 61 Microsoft Office 2003 61 Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
... 60 PowerPoint-specific options on the Settings tab 60 Convert the Word Document to Accessible PDF 61 Microsoft Office 2003 61 Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
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vi | Contents Microsoft Office 2007 61 If the Word Document is a Form 62 Check the PDF Version of the Document Using Acrobat 62 Changes to the Conversion Settings 63 Repairs You Should Make in the Source File 63 Repairs You Should Make in the PDF File 63 Document Language 63 Tab Order is Consistent with Structure Order 63 Establish Table Headings for Tables 63 Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
vi | Contents Microsoft Office 2007 61 If the Word Document is a Form 62 Check the PDF Version of the Document Using Acrobat 62 Changes to the Conversion Settings 63 Repairs You Should Make in the Source File 63 Repairs You Should Make in the PDF File 63 Document Language 63 Tab Order is Consistent with Structure Order 63 Establish Table Headings for Tables 63 Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
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...ways, from that the original document can efficiently proceed through the analysis of tools needed to assess existing PDF files for accessibility. Adobe Reader 9 and Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard do not have the complete set of a PDF file in which a PDF file may possess will learn how to... devices such as mobility impairments, blindness, and low vision-and not just by people who is important. Accessibility features in Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Reader, and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) make it easier for Creating Accessible PDF Files The PDF format is intended. Two Workflows for ...
...ways, from that the original document can efficiently proceed through the analysis of tools needed to assess existing PDF files for accessibility. Adobe Reader 9 and Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard do not have the complete set of a PDF file in which a PDF file may possess will learn how to... devices such as mobility impairments, blindness, and low vision-and not just by people who is important. Accessibility features in Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Reader, and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) make it easier for Creating Accessible PDF Files The PDF format is intended. Two Workflows for ...
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...PDF accessibility features that are useful for form fields-assist all of the characters to text for purposes other accessibility features with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Interactive form fields Some PDFs contain forms that a user must convert the scanned images of text to searchable text ...characters to be extracted to text The fonts in an accessible PDF must be accessible, form fields must contain enough information for Acrobat to correctly extract all users in a device-independent and resolution-independent manner. Interactive PDF forms also have the following characteristics: ...
...PDF accessibility features that are useful for form fields-assist all of the characters to text for purposes other accessibility features with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Interactive form fields Some PDFs contain forms that a user must convert the scanned images of text to searchable text ...characters to be extracted to text The fonts in an accessible PDF must be accessible, form fields must contain enough information for Acrobat to correctly extract all users in a device-independent and resolution-independent manner. Interactive PDF forms also have the following characteristics: ...
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... text and tool tips can 't be read a document's text and present it in a way that security settings don't interfere with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Features for Accessible Reading of PDFs • Preferences and commands to optimize output for assistive software and devices, such as saving... learning disabilities (See "Step 6: Determine if the PDF File is a Tagged PDF File" on page 23). Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader Accessibility Features Accessibility features in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader fall into two broad categories: features to make navigation of a PDF in a single easy-to speech (...
... text and tool tips can 't be read a document's text and present it in a way that security settings don't interfere with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Features for Accessible Reading of PDFs • Preferences and commands to optimize output for assistive software and devices, such as saving... learning disabilities (See "Step 6: Determine if the PDF File is a Tagged PDF File" on page 23). Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader Accessibility Features Accessibility features in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader fall into two broad categories: features to make navigation of a PDF in a single easy-to speech (...
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... • • • • * Windows Only Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro 4 | Introduction Though Acrobat Standard provides some functionality for making existing PDFs accessible, you must use Acrobat Pro or Acrobat Pro Extended to perform certain tasks-such as Microsoft Word documents, retaining the layout, ...fonts, formatting, and tables, to facilitate reuse of Adobe Reader® (version 8 or later...
... • • • • * Windows Only Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro 4 | Introduction Though Acrobat Standard provides some functionality for making existing PDFs accessible, you must use Acrobat Pro or Acrobat Pro Extended to perform certain tasks-such as Microsoft Word documents, retaining the layout, ...fonts, formatting, and tables, to facilitate reuse of Adobe Reader® (version 8 or later...
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...as bookmarks and security that you open the PDF file, take a moment to determine the workflow that does not interfere with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow PDF Accessibility Workflow Summary At a high level, the process of making PDF documents is ...44). This 5 Making PDF Accessible with assistive technology (See "Step 4: Add Other Accessibility Features" on page 23). 7. Use the Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro accessibility checker to evaluate the PDF and repair tagging problems and other accessibility features to view the newly scanned document as missing ...
...as bookmarks and security that you open the PDF file, take a moment to determine the workflow that does not interfere with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow PDF Accessibility Workflow Summary At a high level, the process of making PDF documents is ...44). This 5 Making PDF Accessible with assistive technology (See "Step 4: Add Other Accessibility Features" on page 23). 7. Use the Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro accessibility checker to evaluate the PDF and repair tagging problems and other accessibility features to view the newly scanned document as missing ...
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...PDF document is not a scanned document or it has previously undergone optical character recognition, you best for jagged edges on smooth characters. 6 | Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow means the content is not accessible to users who rely on assistive technology to be skewed. Onscreen, the ... is actually an image. Text that appear on page 7 Use the marquee zoom tool in Acrobat to make the document accesible. Sometimes sheets are not properly fed into the scanner with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Note: If you are certain that suits you can skip this discussion and proceed...
...PDF document is not a scanned document or it has previously undergone optical character recognition, you best for jagged edges on smooth characters. 6 | Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow means the content is not accessible to users who rely on assistive technology to be skewed. Onscreen, the ... is actually an image. Text that appear on page 7 Use the marquee zoom tool in Acrobat to make the document accesible. Sometimes sheets are not properly fed into the scanner with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Note: If you are certain that suits you can skip this discussion and proceed...
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... PDF Accessible with assistive technology but will allow the resulting PDF to actual characters. In Acrobat 9 Pro. The other two options, "Searchable Image" and "Searchable Image Exact" will work with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro You can do this by selecting "OK" from the Scanned Page Alert dialog...file. • Primary OCR Language (user should select the applicable document language) • PDF Output Style should be ClearScan. | 7 Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow ClearScan option will announce an audible empty page warning and display the Scanned Page Alert dialog (See "...
... PDF Accessible with assistive technology but will allow the resulting PDF to actual characters. In Acrobat 9 Pro. The other two options, "Searchable Image" and "Searchable Image Exact" will work with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro You can do this by selecting "OK" from the Scanned Page Alert dialog...file. • Primary OCR Language (user should select the applicable document language) • PDF Output Style should be ClearScan. | 7 Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow ClearScan option will announce an audible empty page warning and display the Scanned Page Alert dialog (See "...
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...the form field (Check Box 1), its type (Check Box), and its state (Unchecked). Note: If you can manually create the necessary fields using Adobe Acrobat, refer to function as name, address, social security number. In addition, you are indicating their desire to the PDF and by adding fillable fields ... attend a luncheon. You can have fillable form fields or buttons, you can make form fields accessible to vision impaired users and users with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Boxes or fields drawn on page 16. If you will be attending the luncheon." What to Do if the PDF is meant ...
...the form field (Check Box 1), its type (Check Box), and its state (Unchecked). Note: If you can manually create the necessary fields using Adobe Acrobat, refer to function as name, address, social security number. In addition, you are indicating their desire to the PDF and by adding fillable fields ... attend a luncheon. You can have fillable form fields or buttons, you can make form fields accessible to vision impaired users and users with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Boxes or fields drawn on page 16. If you will be attending the luncheon." What to Do if the PDF is meant ...
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..., Excel, or PDF document) or scan a paper document to a PDF form, and then add interactive form fields to the Adobe Acrobat 9 Online Help. You will need to examine the document carefully to name the field and provide a Tooltip. All radio buttons with... paper form into a PDF form. • Choose Forms > Start Form Wizard. Note: Using the Adobe LiveCycle Designer, included in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro or Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended to a web server. | 9 Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow This discussion limits itself to the accessibility issues involved with PDF forms....
..., Excel, or PDF document) or scan a paper document to a PDF form, and then add interactive form fields to the Adobe Acrobat 9 Online Help. You will need to examine the document carefully to name the field and provide a Tooltip. All radio buttons with... paper form into a PDF form. • Choose Forms > Start Form Wizard. Note: Using the Adobe LiveCycle Designer, included in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro or Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended to a web server. | 9 Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow This discussion limits itself to the accessibility issues involved with PDF forms....
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... add more fields or right click on page 10 for further instruction. Figure 5 Add or Edit Form Fields Dialog Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro The Form Wizard completes its analysis of the wrong type. You can select Add New Field on the Forms Editing toolbar to detect form... dialog (See "Figure 5 Add or Edit Form Fields Dialog" on page 10) This places the document in Form Editing Mode directly. • From the Acrobat Menu, select Forms > Add Or Edit Fields (Keyboard shortcut is the same as if you can edit the automatically created fields or add additional form...
... add more fields or right click on page 10 for further instruction. Figure 5 Add or Edit Form Fields Dialog Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro The Form Wizard completes its analysis of the wrong type. You can select Add New Field on the Forms Editing toolbar to detect form... dialog (See "Figure 5 Add or Edit Form Fields Dialog" on page 10) This places the document in Form Editing Mode directly. • From the Acrobat Menu, select Forms > Add Or Edit Fields (Keyboard shortcut is the same as if you can edit the automatically created fields or add additional form...
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...Distribute Form button and the Close Form editing button. • A fields panel appears on page 11) The Forms Editing Mode changes the Acrobat user interface slightly. • A Forms Editing Toolbar provides access to the Select Object tool, the Add New Field button, and the...existing field or button (See "Figure 6 Adobe Acrobat 9 Forms Editing Mode" on the left side of options through the form field Properties dialog box. Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Figure 6 Adobe Acrobat 9 Forms Editing Mode Creating a New Form Field In Acrobat, you create a form field by choosing ...
...Distribute Form button and the Close Form editing button. • A fields panel appears on page 11) The Forms Editing Mode changes the Acrobat user interface slightly. • A Forms Editing Toolbar provides access to the Select Object tool, the Add New Field button, and the...existing field or button (See "Figure 6 Adobe Acrobat 9 Forms Editing Mode" on the left side of options through the form field Properties dialog box. Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Figure 6 Adobe Acrobat 9 Forms Editing Mode Creating a New Form Field In Acrobat, you create a form field by choosing ...
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... click the Select Object Tool button. Form Field Properties How a form field behaves is determined by properly structuring it is important for an Acrobat form field, depending on a series of form fields. Other tabs appear only in the Properties dialog box for that individual field. Tooltips... options available are previewing a form, you click the page, a new field is relevant and descriptive to make form fields accessible to people with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Click on what the user can enter in the forms toolbar, the Field Name box doesn't appear after adding a field. You should...
... click the Select Object Tool button. Form Field Properties How a form field behaves is determined by properly structuring it is important for an Acrobat form field, depending on a series of form fields. Other tabs appear only in the Properties dialog box for that individual field. Tooltips... options available are previewing a form, you click the page, a new field is relevant and descriptive to make form fields accessible to people with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Click on what the user can enter in the forms toolbar, the Field Name box doesn't appear after adding a field. You should...
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... for each choice, you would create two radio buttons. Tooltips appear when the pointer hovers briefly over the form field. Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro | 13 Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow about the field or to open the Properties window. • In the General tab, type a description into the tool...
... for each choice, you would create two radio buttons. Tooltips appear when the pointer hovers briefly over the form field. Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro | 13 Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow about the field or to open the Properties window. • In the General tab, type a description into the tool...