1. What’s New in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
Rob Haverty, Senior Product Manager, Document Cloud Accessibility
Revised November 2018

2. Improved Workflow - Acrobat Pro DC Subscription vs. Perpetual
Document Cloud Blogs - (search for PDF)
Tag Tree
Table Editor
Tag Tree expanded by default
Access to Table Editor from Tag Tree
Delete all empty tags
Activate Table Editor from the TURO tool by clicking anywhere
Retain the state of the Tag Tree
Select table cell when in Table Editor
Show role mapped tags
Retain focus on Table Editor when in the Table
Bulk Editing of Tags
Reading Order Tool
Bulk Editing of Table Cell Properties
Access directly from the Tag Tree
Highlight cells with missing Header relationship
Note and Reference tags added to the Reading Order tool
Auto-generate Header Cell IDs
Fix Title
Organize Pages
Document Title Displayed in Window
Auto Adjusts Tag Tree

3. Tag Tree

4. Tag Tree Tag Tree Tag Tree expanded by default Delete all empty tags
Retain the state of the Tag Tree
Auto-adjust the Tag Tree when organizing pages
Show role mapped tags
Bulk Editing of Tags

5. Fix Title

6. Fix Title Fix Title Error captured in Acrobat Checker
Document Title Displayed in Window

7. Tables

8. Tables Tables Table Headers in Word Access Table Editor from Tag Tree
Demo old way using Reading Order tool
Select table cell when in Table Editor
Retain focus on Table Editor when in the Table
Activate Table Editor from the TURO tool by clicking anywhere
Set up Table Editor
Scope required for PAC3
Bulk Editing Table Cell Properties
Show Header ID missing relationship
Fix complex table
Fix inverted table and set Heading IDs

9. Table Editor Set up Table Editor
Access via Tag Tree or Reading Order tool
Set display
Enhancements
Click anywhere
Select cell

10. Table Editor Access from Tag Panel Option Menu Set up Options
Check all check boxes
Select display colors

11. Table Header Cells - Office
Word
Header Row (Column Headers)
First Column (Row Headers)

12. Fixing Tags – Basic Table
Column and Row Headers need to be tagged with the <TH> tag and data cells with the <TD> tag
Convert document to PDF EX2 - Word Demo Doc with Errors - Intro to Accessible PDF
Open Table Editor (context menu in Tag Tree or Reading Order tool)
Select and change <TH> tags to <TD> tags and add Scope

13. Table Header Cells - Acrobat
Select Header Cell radio button for a <TH> tag
Row Headers should have a scope of “Row”
Merged Headers need both Scope and Span (Span for number or rows or columns

14. Complex Table – Missing Cell IDs
Use PDF EX2 - Complex Table
Yellow cells are missing association with a header cell
Before dealing with the Cell IDs, clean up the tagging for the table, it may address the issues

15. Table Cell IDs – Auto Generate
Multiple Layers of Headers
Auto-generate Cell IDs

16. Table Cell IDs – Add
Cell IDs auto-generated with Row/Column information and part of the cell content.
Select the IDs, in reading order, relevant for the specific data cell.

17. Reading Order Tool

18. Reading Order Tool Reading Order Tool
Access directly from the Tag Tree
Note and Reference tags added to the Reading Order tool

19. Organize Pages

20. Organize Pages
Organize Pages
Auto Adjusts Tag Tree

21. Accessible PDF Training Opportunities
Accessible PDF Webinars coming next year.
Accessible PDF on-demand web based training coming next year.
Organizations that offer training.
Pubcom.com ( does an excellent job both with Acrobat and InDesign.
Karlen Communications ( offers both accessible PDF and accessible Word document trainings.
Lynda.com (
Deque (

22. Acrobat Pro DC Helpful Links and Resources
Acrobat DC Accessibility
Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility Features
Acrobat Reader DC Accessibility features
Acrobat DC and Reader DC Accessibility Blogs
Using the Acrobat Pro DC Accessibility Checker
Create and verify PDF accessibility
Acrobat Pro DC PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow
workflow.html

23. Contacts Rob Haverty Haverty@Adobe.com Adobe Accessibility Website
Adobe.com/Accessibility
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Accessibility Blog
blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/
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