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How to create accessible PDF documents

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Screen Shot of Accessible PDF document

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Screenshot of how to find accessibility checker

 

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Screenshoot of an ok button meaning the accessibility feature found the document accessible



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Screenshot of workflow for creating accessbile PDF document


5. Test the document’s accessibility

  • Check logical read order with the Tags palette
  • Use the Accessibility Checker
  • Search for untagged content
  • Check if diagrams have alternative text
  • Use a screen reader to read the contents

6. Resources

  • Acrobat 5.05 Update (you must have Acrobat 5.0 installed to use this)
    http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/update.html
  • Acrobat Reader 5.0 Download (the version that includes accessibility)
  • standard presentation page:
    http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html
  • text-only page:
    http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html
  • Additional Adobe product downloads for accessibility
    http://access.adobe.com/downloads.html

 

 

 

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