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... the United States and/or other countries. All rights reserved GeoTrust is either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, Acrobat Connect, the Adobe PDF logo, Creative Suite, LiveCycle, and Reader are either a registered trademark or a trademark of Autodesk, Inc., in the...
... the United States and/or other countries. All rights reserved GeoTrust is either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, Acrobat Connect, the Adobe PDF logo, Creative Suite, LiveCycle, and Reader are either a registered trademark or a trademark of Autodesk, Inc., in the...
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Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow Step 1: Examine the PDF File Step 2: Determine if the PDF is a Scanned Document How to Tell if a ...Document What to Do if the PDF is Not a Scanned Document Step 3: Add Interactive Features: Form Fields and Buttons PDF Form Fields Use Acrobat to Detect and Create Interactive Form Fields Create Form Fields Manually Forms Editing Mode Buttons Set the Tab Order Step 4: Add Other Accessibility Features Document...if the PDF File is Properly Tagged | i 3 3 3 4 5 6 6 7 7 8 9 13 13 14 14 15 17 17 18 18 20 21 21 Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow Step 1: Examine the PDF File Step 2: Determine if the PDF is a Scanned Document How to Tell if a ...Document What to Do if the PDF is Not a Scanned Document Step 3: Add Interactive Features: Form Fields and Buttons PDF Form Fields Use Acrobat to Detect and Create Interactive Form Fields Create Form Fields Manually Forms Editing Mode Buttons Set the Tab Order Step 4: Add Other Accessibility Features Document...if the PDF File is Properly Tagged | i 3 3 3 4 5 6 6 7 7 8 9 13 13 14 14 15 17 17 18 18 20 21 21 Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
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... Panel 36 Correct Table Tags with the Tags Tab 41 Step 7: Use the Accessibility Checker to Evaluate the PDF File 42 Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
... Panel 36 Correct Table Tags with the Tags Tab 41 Step 7: Use the Accessibility Checker to Evaluate the PDF File 42 Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
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...Set the tab order for making existing PDF files accessible consists of a document into a scanner and then opening the resulting electronic version using Adobe Acrobat to view the newly scanned document as an interactive document. Step 2: Determine if the PDF is a Scanned Document A common method for... 5: Determine if the PDF File is not accessible to users who rely on page 3). 3. Add fillable form fields and buttons with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow At a high level, the process of the stages. In some of making PDF documents is a Scanned...
...Set the tab order for making existing PDF files accessible consists of a document into a scanner and then opening the resulting electronic version using Adobe Acrobat to view the newly scanned document as an interactive document. Step 2: Determine if the PDF is a Scanned Document A common method for... 5: Determine if the PDF File is not accessible to users who rely on page 3). 3. Add fillable form fields and buttons with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow At a high level, the process of the stages. In some of making PDF documents is a Scanned...
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...search field. If the document was scanned, Acrobat will not be skewed. No matches were found". • Zoom in Acrobat to define the area and magnify the edges ...smooth or rounded but will display a message indicating "Acrobat has finished searching the document. Text that a PDF file originated from a scanned page. 4 | Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow "Step 3: Add... Interactive Features: Form Fields and Buttons" on the page in Acrobat to search for determining if the PDF is...
...search field. If the document was scanned, Acrobat will not be skewed. No matches were found". • Zoom in Acrobat to define the area and magnify the edges ...smooth or rounded but will display a message indicating "Acrobat has finished searching the document. Text that a PDF file originated from a scanned page. 4 | Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow "Step 3: Add... Interactive Features: Form Fields and Buttons" on the page in Acrobat to search for determining if the PDF is...
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...Alert Dialog" on page 5) You can detect the presence of assistive technology and if it encounters a scanned document will work with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro The other two options, "Searchable Image" and "Searchable Image Exact" will announce an audible empty page warning and ... the applicable document language) • PDF Output Style should be ClearScan. This should be 600 dpi. In Acrobat 9 Pro. Acrobat 9 Pro can also run the "Recognize Text Using OCR" command in Acrobat 9. • Document > OCR Text Recognition > Recognize Text Using OCR... • or use the keyboard accelerator...
...Alert Dialog" on page 5) You can detect the presence of assistive technology and if it encounters a scanned document will work with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro The other two options, "Searchable Image" and "Searchable Image Exact" will announce an audible empty page warning and ... the applicable document language) • PDF Output Style should be ClearScan. This should be 600 dpi. In Acrobat 9 Pro. Acrobat 9 Pro can also run the "Recognize Text Using OCR" command in Acrobat 9. • Document > OCR Text Recognition > Recognize Text Using OCR... • or use the keyboard accelerator...
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... reader user would not be attending the luncheon." PDF Accessible Repair with information about the field or to provide the user with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro If you are certain the PDF document is Not a Scanned Document Proceed to attend a luncheon. Boxes or fields ...and proceed to function as name, address, social security number. You can manually create the necessary fields using Adobe Acrobat, refer to be an interactive form. 6 | Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow Figure 4 Recognize Text Dialog and Recognize Text Settings For additional information on ...
... reader user would not be attending the luncheon." PDF Accessible Repair with information about the field or to provide the user with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro If you are certain the PDF document is Not a Scanned Document Proceed to attend a luncheon. Boxes or fields ...and proceed to function as name, address, social security number. You can manually create the necessary fields using Adobe Acrobat, refer to be an interactive form. 6 | Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow Figure 4 Recognize Text Dialog and Recognize Text Settings For additional information on ...
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... verify that enables the user to Shift-click or Control-click to the Adobe Acrobat 9 Online Help. This places the document in a value. • Button. The form will use the Form Wizard in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro or Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended to create interactive forms from a pop-up menu or ... an existing electronic document (for individual items. If the form contains multiple check boxes, the user can be scanned and placed in Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Acrobat Pro Extended for Windows, to a PDF form, select A Paper Form. Encodes the input form selected fields and diplays it to ...
... verify that enables the user to Shift-click or Control-click to the Adobe Acrobat 9 Online Help. This places the document in a value. • Button. The form will use the Form Wizard in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro or Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended to create interactive forms from a pop-up menu or ... an existing electronic document (for individual items. If the form contains multiple check boxes, the user can be scanned and placed in Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Acrobat Pro Extended for Windows, to a PDF form, select A Paper Form. Encodes the input form selected fields and diplays it to ...
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...section, "Create Form Fields Manually" on the form to edit or delete fields. Figure 5 Add or Edit Form Fields Dialog PDF Accessible Repair with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Please verify the fields and field names on the form to edit or delete fields. You can select Add New Field on the Forms... "Do you can edit the automatically created fields or add additional form fields (See "Forms Editing Mode" on page 9). During form field detection, Acrobat may detect and places the PDF form in Forms Editing Mode where you had proceeded using the Form Wizard on your form. results in the...
...section, "Create Form Fields Manually" on the form to edit or delete fields. Figure 5 Add or Edit Form Fields Dialog PDF Accessible Repair with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Please verify the fields and field names on the form to edit or delete fields. You can select Add New Field on the Forms... "Do you can edit the automatically created fields or add additional form fields (See "Forms Editing Mode" on page 9). During form field detection, Acrobat may detect and places the PDF form in Forms Editing Mode where you had proceeded using the Form Wizard on your form. results in the...
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... button, and the Form Preview button. You can select Forms > Form Tools (Keyboard accelerator ALT + R + O). Figure 6 Adobe Acrobat 9 Forms Editing Mode Creating a New Form Field In Acrobat, you can set a variety of the document. • There is a forms menu bar which offers users choices that are the...interface slightly. • A Forms Editing Toolbar provides access to the Acrobat form tools. You can add new fields and buttons to the form and edit or delete any existing field or button (See "Figure 6 Adobe Acrobat 9 Forms Editing Mode" on the left side of options through the ...
... button, and the Form Preview button. You can select Forms > Form Tools (Keyboard accelerator ALT + R + O). Figure 6 Adobe Acrobat 9 Forms Editing Mode Creating a New Form Field In Acrobat, you can set a variety of the document. • There is a forms menu bar which offers users choices that are the...interface slightly. • A Forms Editing Toolbar provides access to the Acrobat form tools. You can add new fields and buttons to the form and edit or delete any existing field or button (See "Figure 6 Adobe Acrobat 9 Forms Editing Mode" on the left side of options through the ...
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... field types have selected the Keep Tool Selected option in the form field, trigger custom scripts, and so forth. The Options tab appears for an Acrobat form field, depending on the form field type. To create a field using a custom size, drag a rectangle to define the size of the ...screen readers. The cursor becomes a cross hair. • On the page, click where you to provide the user with information PDF Accessible Repair with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro You can make organizing and collecting the data easier (See "Figure 7 Field Name Box" on page 10) • To display the Properties...
... field types have selected the Keep Tool Selected option in the form field, trigger custom scripts, and so forth. The Options tab appears for an Acrobat form field, depending on the form field type. To create a field using a custom size, drag a rectangle to define the size of the ...screen readers. The cursor becomes a cross hair. • On the page, click where you to provide the user with information PDF Accessible Repair with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro You can make organizing and collecting the data easier (See "Figure 7 Field Name Box" on page 10) • To display the Properties...
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Tooltips appear when the pointer hovers briefly over the form field. PDF Accessible Repair with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro The Button value is selected. • Double-click a selected form field to open the Properties window. • In the General tab, type a description into ... one field can be entered in the group (See "Figure 9 Tooltips and Button Values for each field the same name but different Button values. | 11 Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow about the field or to entering unique text in the Button Value field for each choice, you would enter identical...
Tooltips appear when the pointer hovers briefly over the form field. PDF Accessible Repair with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro The Button value is selected. • Double-click a selected form field to open the Properties window. • In the General tab, type a description into ... one field can be entered in the group (See "Figure 9 Tooltips and Button Values for each field the same name but different Button values. | 11 Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow about the field or to entering unique text in the Button Value field for each choice, you would enter identical...
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...the document in Forms Editing mode, click on each of the selected fields, and choose Properties. You can access Acrobat form field properties only when you would like to close it and choose Properties. • To edit multiple form...: • To edit a single form field, double-click it or right-click/Control-click it . 12 | Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow Figure 9 Tooltips and Button Values for Radio Button Short Descriptions Editing or Modifying an ... key. • From the menu, select Edit > Delete (ALT + ED) PDF Accessible Repair with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
...the document in Forms Editing mode, click on each of the selected fields, and choose Properties. You can access Acrobat form field properties only when you would like to close it and choose Properties. • To edit multiple form...: • To edit a single form field, double-click it or right-click/Control-click it . 12 | Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow Figure 9 Tooltips and Button Values for Radio Button Short Descriptions Editing or Modifying an ... key. • From the menu, select Edit > Delete (ALT + ED) PDF Accessible Repair with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
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... an easy, intuitive way to order the tabs by holding the Control key as form fields while in the Tab order tree. See the Adobe Acrobat Help for a complete discussion of the Button Properties dialog. Buttons can 't customize the tab order manually. However, you can all start a different... Repair with the Fields Panel" on each one. When deciding on how to modify the tab order (See "Figure 10 Rearranging Tab Order with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Set the Tab Order If a PDF document doesn't have a specified tab order, the default tabbing order is in the Accessibility preferences....
... an easy, intuitive way to order the tabs by holding the Control key as form fields while in the Tab order tree. See the Adobe Acrobat Help for a complete discussion of the Button Properties dialog. Buttons can 't customize the tab order manually. However, you can all start a different... Repair with the Fields Panel" on each one. When deciding on how to modify the tab order (See "Figure 10 Rearranging Tab Order with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Set the Tab Order If a PDF document doesn't have a specified tab order, the default tabbing order is in the Accessibility preferences....
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...Step 4: Add Other Accessibility Features This stage includes setting the document language, making sure that security settings do not interfere with Acrobat Pro, Acrobat Pro Extended, or Acrobat Standard. In the TouchUp Properties dialog box, select the Tag tab. You can set the document language for an entire ...ISO 639 code for individual sections or words: • Select the desired text element in the Reading Options area of a multilanguage document with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro To set the language for the language in the Language field in the Tags tab and right click (See " Tags Panel" ...
...Step 4: Add Other Accessibility Features This stage includes setting the document language, making sure that security settings do not interfere with Acrobat Pro, Acrobat Pro Extended, or Acrobat Standard. In the TouchUp Properties dialog box, select the Tag tab. You can set the document language for an entire ...ISO 639 code for individual sections or words: • Select the desired text element in the Reading Options area of a multilanguage document with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro To set the language for the language in the Language field in the Tags tab and right click (See " Tags Panel" ...
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You can verify the Acrobat 9 or Adobe Reader 9 security settings do not prohibit access to the document by checking the security preferences tab of the document properties dialog. • Select File > Properties (... the Security Tab of the Document Properties dialog (See "Figure 12 Security Tab Location in Document Properties Dialog" on page 16) PDF Accessible Repair with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro | 15 Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow Figure 11 Setting the document language Set Security That Permits Accessibility You should ensure the...
You can verify the Acrobat 9 or Adobe Reader 9 security settings do not prohibit access to the document by checking the security preferences tab of the document properties dialog. • Select File > Properties (... the Security Tab of the Document Properties dialog (See "Figure 12 Security Tab Location in Document Properties Dialog" on page 16) PDF Accessible Repair with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro | 15 Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow Figure 11 Setting the document language Set Security That Permits Accessibility You should ensure the...
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...devices for PDF files you to set the security settings for the visually impaired" is checked. This is the default setting for Adobe Acrobat 9 and Adobe Reader 9 (See "Figure 13 Password Security Settings" on page 16) Figure 13 Password Security Settings Certain applications allow you ...plan to generate from the drop-down list. 16 | Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow Figure 12 Security Tab Location in Document Properties Dialog •...
...devices for PDF files you to set the security settings for the visually impaired" is checked. This is the default setting for Adobe Acrobat 9 and Adobe Reader 9 (See "Figure 13 Password Security Settings" on page 16) Figure 13 Password Security Settings Certain applications allow you ...plan to generate from the drop-down list. 16 | Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow Figure 12 Security Tab Location in Document Properties Dialog •...
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... improving the accessibility of the PDF. While these tags in the proper reading order in the tree. Add Bookmarks A bookmark is a type of link with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro In Acrobat, you can set the destinations later. Unlike the other methods create only one of the three tags, meaning that you tagged the...
... improving the accessibility of the PDF. While these tags in the proper reading order in the tree. Add Bookmarks A bookmark is a type of link with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro In Acrobat, you can set the destinations later. Unlike the other methods create only one of the three tags, meaning that you tagged the...
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... Description tab, is tagged (See "Figure 14 Tagged PDF File Property" on page 21. 18 | Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow In Acrobat, you can also perform actions, such as to begin with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Note: An Acrobat user can skip this point it was searchable to whether or not the document is an...
... Description tab, is tagged (See "Figure 14 Tagged PDF File Property" on page 21. 18 | Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow In Acrobat, you can also perform actions, such as to begin with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Note: An Acrobat user can skip this point it was searchable to whether or not the document is an...
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... entire tree fully, Cntrl + click on page 20) PDF Accessible Repair with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro A tagged document will display the words "No Tags Available" as its root. Note: In certain instances, a document may not be considered tagged by Acrobat even though a structure is Tagged PDF Indicator in the Tags panel. If it... Tags. An untagged document will show structure. Select the tags options icon and ensure a check mark appears before the entry "Document is Tagged PDF." | 19 Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow Figure 14 Tagged PDF File Property • Reveal the Tags Panel.
... entire tree fully, Cntrl + click on page 20) PDF Accessible Repair with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro A tagged document will display the words "No Tags Available" as its root. Note: In certain instances, a document may not be considered tagged by Acrobat even though a structure is Tagged PDF Indicator in the Tags panel. If it... Tags. An untagged document will show structure. Select the tags options icon and ensure a check mark appears before the entry "Document is Tagged PDF." | 19 Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow Figure 14 Tagged PDF File Property • Reveal the Tags Panel.