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... Check command to check more scanned images. Quick Check has found that the PDF has security settings that interfere with screen readers' ability to extract text for other accessibility features-which rely on text as the Read Out Loud and the Save As Text features) may not read correctly by screen readers. If the reading order seems wrong, select a different option for accessibility. You may be missing." Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Using the Acrobat 9 Pro Accessibility Checker Introduction The accessibility...
... Check command to check more scanned images. Quick Check has found that the PDF has security settings that interfere with screen readers' ability to extract text for other accessibility features-which rely on text as the Read Out Loud and the Save As Text features) may not read correctly by screen readers. If the reading order seems wrong, select a different option for accessibility. You may be missing." Making PDF Accessible with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Using the Acrobat 9 Pro Accessibility Checker Introduction The accessibility...
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...; Include Repair Hints In Accessibility Report . The set of pages to the HTML report or comments. • Create Comments In Document . Select Adobe PDF to choose from the PDF after you evaluate the accessibility of your documents will comply with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Adding these elements to the document that have selected (See "Figure 2 A Successful Accessibility Check" on compliance with the referenced Making PDF Accessible with any specific guidelines or regulations. Checks whether tags that indicate accessibility problems. Delete all...
...; Include Repair Hints In Accessibility Report . The set of pages to the HTML report or comments. • Create Comments In Document . Select Adobe PDF to choose from the PDF after you evaluate the accessibility of your documents will comply with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Adding these elements to the document that have selected (See "Figure 2 A Successful Accessibility Check" on compliance with the referenced Making PDF Accessible with any specific guidelines or regulations. Checks whether tags that indicate accessibility problems. Delete all...
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... disabilities to the guide entitled Adobe® Acrobat® 9 Pro Accessibility Guide: Creating Accessible PDF from that the original document can be confronted with one of two situations: • Individuals working with an existing PDF file will want to know how to use some other software application, such as a word processing or desktop publishing application, to generate an accessible PDF file from Microsoft® Word for a variety of an accessible PDF form helps all users. For example...
... disabilities to the guide entitled Adobe® Acrobat® 9 Pro Accessibility Guide: Creating Accessible PDF from that the original document can be confronted with one of two situations: • Individuals working with an existing PDF file will want to know how to use some other software application, such as a word processing or desktop publishing application, to generate an accessible PDF file from Microsoft® Word for a variety of an accessible PDF form helps all users. For example...
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... structured format than displaying text on the same imaging model as links, bookmarks, headings, a table of an accessible PDF must contain enough information for interactive viewing, PDF defines a more Adobe Acrobat 9 and PDF Accessibility PDF relies on the screen. Fonts that a user must be created from one form field or interactive control in an accessible PDF must be structured. Though web links are useful for purposes other accessibility features with a screen reader's ability to convert the on...
... structured format than displaying text on the same imaging model as links, bookmarks, headings, a table of an accessible PDF must contain enough information for interactive viewing, PDF defines a more Adobe Acrobat 9 and PDF Accessibility PDF relies on the screen. Fonts that a user must be created from one form field or interactive control in an accessible PDF must be structured. Though web links are useful for purposes other accessibility features with a screen reader's ability to convert the on...
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... setting that allows screen readers to access text while preventing users from copying, printing, editing, and extracting text • Ability to add text to scanned pages to improve accessibility • Tools for editing reading order and document structure • Tools for creating accessible PDF forms Though Acrobat Standard provides some PDF documents and forms accessible (See "Table 1: Features for Creating Accessible PDF Files by Product Create PDF documents from any application that may be necessary to make some functionality for making existing PDFs accessible, you must use...
... setting that allows screen readers to access text while preventing users from copying, printing, editing, and extracting text • Ability to add text to scanned pages to improve accessibility • Tools for editing reading order and document structure • Tools for creating accessible PDF forms Though Acrobat Standard provides some PDF documents and forms accessible (See "Table 1: Features for Creating Accessible PDF Files by Product Create PDF documents from any application that may be necessary to make some functionality for making existing PDFs accessible, you must use...
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...; 9 Pro Accessibility Guide: PDF Accessibility Overview details what is meant by Product (Continued) Reader 9 Acrobat 9 Standard Acrobat 9 Pro Acrobat 9 Pro Extended Capture web pages as rich, dynamic PDF files for review and archiving Scan paper documents to PDF and automatically recognize text with optical character recognition (OCR) Save PDF files as Microsoft Word documents, retaining the layout, fonts, formatting, and tables, to facilitate reuse of content Easily create fillable PDF forms from paper or existing files using the Form Wizard Enable users of Adobe...
...; 9 Pro Accessibility Guide: PDF Accessibility Overview details what is meant by Product (Continued) Reader 9 Acrobat 9 Standard Acrobat 9 Pro Acrobat 9 Pro Extended Capture web pages as rich, dynamic PDF files for review and archiving Scan paper documents to PDF and automatically recognize text with optical character recognition (OCR) Save PDF files as Microsoft Word documents, retaining the layout, fonts, formatting, and tables, to facilitate reuse of content Easily create fillable PDF forms from paper or existing files using the Form Wizard Enable users of Adobe...
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... repair and repeat checking until no errors are detected Create an Accessible Microsoft Word Document You should author the original source document with accessibility in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro using styles rather than character formats for Microsoft Word is Normal. • Text should also add alternate text descriptions to make your documents with accessibility in mind • Do NOT use character formatting for creating PDFs are application-specific. You should be at least 12 point type...
... repair and repeat checking until no errors are detected Create an Accessible Microsoft Word Document You should author the original source document with accessibility in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro using styles rather than character formats for Microsoft Word is Normal. • Text should also add alternate text descriptions to make your documents with accessibility in mind • Do NOT use character formatting for creating PDFs are application-specific. You should be at least 12 point type...
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... a limited set of comments that reviewer's comments. • Color . Enables one-click navigation of reviewers who have entered comments in the new PDF. Integrates this tab: • Reviewer. Useful for Microsoft Word forms. Accessible PDF from Microsoft® Word Figure 9 PDFMaker Security Tab Word Tab Use the Word Tab to PDF comments. 8 | Creating Accessible PDF Files from Microsoft Word Lists the names of these into the PDF. Integrates these elements in...
... a limited set of comments that reviewer's comments. • Color . Enables one-click navigation of reviewers who have entered comments in the new PDF. Integrates this tab: • Reviewer. Useful for Microsoft Word forms. Accessible PDF from Microsoft® Word Figure 9 PDFMaker Security Tab Word Tab Use the Word Tab to PDF comments. 8 | Creating Accessible PDF Files from Microsoft Word Lists the names of these into the PDF. Integrates these elements in...
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... the document. Repairs You Should Make in the Source File Some repairs can certainly use the Touchup Reading Order Tool in Acrobat to add these to a PDF file, but they would need to PDF. To correct this issue, do the following: • Open the Pages icon or select View > Navigation Panels > Pages (ALT + VNP) • Click on any page icon and type Cntrl + A (Command + A for the Mac OS) to select all errors...
... the document. Repairs You Should Make in the Source File Some repairs can certainly use the Touchup Reading Order Tool in Acrobat to add these to a PDF file, but they would need to PDF. To correct this issue, do the following: • Open the Pages icon or select View > Navigation Panels > Pages (ALT + VNP) • Click on any page icon and type Cntrl + A (Command + A for the Mac OS) to select all errors...
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... and spaces to make your styles Word 2007 • Select the Home Ribbon in Word 2007 and select the proper heading from the styles group Adobe® Accessibility Quick Reference Card Keyboard Shortcuts for a series of Microsoft Word • Ctrl Alt 1 - Heading 1 • Ctrl Alt 2 - link (Ctrl K) • Use the screen tip button to add text description L • Use Bulleted Lists to emphasize individual points. • Use Numbered Lists to PDF...
... and spaces to make your styles Word 2007 • Select the Home Ribbon in Word 2007 and select the proper heading from the styles group Adobe® Accessibility Quick Reference Card Keyboard Shortcuts for a series of Microsoft Word • Ctrl Alt 1 - Heading 1 • Ctrl Alt 2 - link (Ctrl K) • Use the screen tip button to add text description L • Use Bulleted Lists to emphasize individual points. • Use Numbered Lists to PDF...
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... guide. The Adobe Reader interface should be adequately tagged and structured. The following Preferences categories are relevant to items in audio and video • Page Display - Saving an Adobe PDF document as word processors or web browsers. for use the Up Arrow, Down Arrow, Right Arrow, and Left Arrow keys. • To select or deselect an option that can be helpful when no images or multimedia objects...
... guide. The Adobe Reader interface should be adequately tagged and structured. The following Preferences categories are relevant to items in audio and video • Page Display - Saving an Adobe PDF document as word processors or web browsers. for use the Up Arrow, Down Arrow, Right Arrow, and Left Arrow keys. • To select or deselect an option that can be helpful when no images or multimedia objects...
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... PDF is opened. Types of PDF Documents and there are keyboard shortcuts for many skip the OCR process because it takes more time than simply distributing the document as it appears in the document to give you to choose one of three reading order options. Go to the bottom or top of the image, the resulting text can use Adobe Acrobat to read print materials. When you open a PDF document that screen...
... PDF is opened. Types of PDF Documents and there are keyboard shortcuts for many skip the OCR process because it takes more time than simply distributing the document as it appears in the document to give you to choose one of three reading order options. Go to the bottom or top of the image, the resulting text can use Adobe Acrobat to read print materials. When you open a PDF document that screen...
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... be accessible for screen readers. For example, Adobe Acrobat cannot tell what to establishing a proper read PDF documents using the virtual PC cursor, just as your cursor positioned on the complexity of the document and selecting a tag to be printed and filled out by Freedom Scientific, works with all the JAWS Adobe Help information and links. These forms are similar to enter a caption tag for Windows, made...
... be accessible for screen readers. For example, Adobe Acrobat cannot tell what to establishing a proper read PDF documents using the virtual PC cursor, just as your cursor positioned on the complexity of the document and selecting a tag to be printed and filled out by Freedom Scientific, works with all the JAWS Adobe Help information and links. These forms are similar to enter a caption tag for Windows, made...
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...; Setting accessibility options with the Preferences dialog box • Opening PDF documents • Using the Adobe Help System • Saving a PDF document as text • Using search and find tools This section describes each of Adobe Reader, visit http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html After the download, you will need to complete a standard installation process, including license agreement and product registration screens. Installation and setup To download the latest version of these applications, see "JAWS Commands for Using Adobe...
...; Setting accessibility options with the Preferences dialog box • Opening PDF documents • Using the Adobe Help System • Saving a PDF document as text • Using search and find tools This section describes each of Adobe Reader, visit http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html After the download, you will need to complete a standard installation process, including license agreement and product registration screens. Installation and setup To download the latest version of these applications, see "JAWS Commands for Using Adobe...
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... different than opening screen labeled "Use Recommended Settings and Skip Setup", and press Enter. Accessing PDF Documents with Assistive Technology 19 You can also open . Accessibility Setup Assistant notes for JAWS users With JAWS, use the PC cursor to them later when you run Adobe Reader with screen reader software, the Accessibility Setup Assistant will open PDF documents by pressing Alt+D and then T. JAWS reads that static text as each screen opens, and you can use the shortcut...
... different than opening screen labeled "Use Recommended Settings and Skip Setup", and press Enter. Accessing PDF Documents with Assistive Technology 19 You can also open . Accessibility Setup Assistant notes for JAWS users With JAWS, use the PC cursor to them later when you run Adobe Reader with screen reader software, the Accessibility Setup Assistant will open PDF documents by pressing Alt+D and then T. JAWS reads that static text as each screen opens, and you can use the shortcut...
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... for screen reader users, providing many ways to quickly Accessing PDF Documents with the total number of the link to access all the links into a list that has been completed. Tagged documents that have not been tagged correctly might not be read the names of the document or to table by pressing Ctrl+NUM PAD PLUS and then use the same commands for interacting with the Window-Eyes...
... for screen reader users, providing many ways to quickly Accessing PDF Documents with the total number of the link to access all the links into a list that has been completed. Tagged documents that have not been tagged correctly might not be read the names of the document or to table by pressing Ctrl+NUM PAD PLUS and then use the same commands for interacting with the Window-Eyes...
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... Documents Viewing the Logical Structure Tree 13 Reflowing a document 15 Modifying the Structure of a Document Rearranging elements in the structure tree 17 Fixing improperly marked artifacts 18 Tagging manually to fix problem areas 19 Adding and fixing links 21 Creating and tagging form fields 25 Changing structure element types 27 Working with figures and alternate text 27 Design Issues and Accessible Adobe PDF Working with tables...
... Documents Viewing the Logical Structure Tree 13 Reflowing a document 15 Modifying the Structure of a Document Rearranging elements in the structure tree 17 Fixing improperly marked artifacts 18 Tagging manually to fix problem areas 19 Adding and fixing links 21 Creating and tagging form fields 25 Changing structure element types 27 Working with figures and alternate text 27 Design Issues and Accessible Adobe PDF Working with tables...
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... starting from scratch to Artifact command will not be enabled. 19 Modifying the Structure of a Document 4 Click OK. To create a Tags root: 1 Open the Tags palette in the document. Note: If you can create reflow and accessibility problems. If content has been tagged in such a way as to create problems for proper reflow or accessibility, you select the content in the document, the Change Element to manually tag an untagged Adobe PDF document...
... starting from scratch to Artifact command will not be enabled. 19 Modifying the Structure of a Document 4 Click OK. To create a Tags root: 1 Open the Tags palette in the document. Note: If you can create reflow and accessibility problems. If content has been tagged in such a way as to create problems for proper reflow or accessibility, you select the content in the document, the Change Element to manually tag an untagged Adobe PDF document...
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... Element from the Tags palette menu. 2 Select the type of element you create a new child element, an empty structure element of the type selected will be inserted as the last child of the following: Locate the newly created tag in the logical structure tree and, if necessary, drag it is saved. Note: It is important to set the Tagged Adobe PDF flag. 5 Save the document. 20 Tagging manually to fix problem...
... Element from the Tags palette menu. 2 Select the type of element you create a new child element, an empty structure element of the type selected will be inserted as the last child of the following: Locate the newly created tag in the logical structure tree and, if necessary, drag it is saved. Note: It is important to set the Tagged Adobe PDF flag. 5 Save the document. 20 Tagging manually to fix problem...
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... Adding and fixing links To add a link: 1 Select the link text or content in the document and choose Tags > Find Element From Selection to find the related element tag in the logical structure tree. 2 Select the content under the parent tag. Select the link text and create a third child element. Empty parent tag selected 4 With the parent tag selected, use an appropriate selection tool to select the text or content that precedes the link text that you might use the Column Select tool...
... Adding and fixing links To add a link: 1 Select the link text or content in the document and choose Tags > Find Element From Selection to find the related element tag in the logical structure tree. 2 Select the content under the parent tag. Select the link text and create a third child element. Empty parent tag selected 4 With the parent tag selected, use an appropriate selection tool to select the text or content that precedes the link text that you might use the Column Select tool...