1. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility - Metadata, Reading Order, Links
James Thompson, Accessibility Consultant
October 26, 2017
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2. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility - Metadata, Reading Order, Links
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Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility - Metadata, Reading Order, Links
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3. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility Series
Make sure to register for the remaining webinars in the PDF Basics series!
November 9th – Non-Text Elements: This webinar will demonstrate adding informative alternative text to meaningful images, alternative text for symbols, and creating artifacts.
November 21st – Data Tables: This webinar will focus on tagging simple and complex tables using the Touch Up Reading Order Table Editor tool.
December 7th – Forms: Participants will learn how to create accessible text fields, checkboxes and radio buttons. We will also discuss adding labels and best practices for form controls.
December 21st – Page Structure: Participants will learn how to review and edit role mappings for custom styles, use correct heading structure, and correctly tag changes in natural language.
January 4th – Accessibility Checker: We will demonstrate how to use the PDF Action Wizard as well as the PDF Full Check tool. Participants will learn how to analyze results of an accessibility full check in order to create an accessible PDF document.
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4. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility - Metadata, Reading Order, Links
Requirements
Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility - Metadata, Reading Order, Links
Ensure that document content is rendered in the proper order
Ensure non-distinct header and footer content are labeled as artifacts
Provide a context sensitive document title
Ensure links are tagged structurally as links with a Link OBJR tag
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5. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility - Metadata, Reading Order, Links
Document content is read in the order in which the content was tagged or appears in the Tags tree. This is often not the order in which the content appears on screen or in the order that makes the most sense.
Screen readers often have difficulty rendering complex document layouts correctly.
By adding a tagged structure to all page elements in a PDF document and ensuring those tags are ordered in the logical order in which they would be read, screen readers can detect the proper reading order and render the content to the user appropriately.
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6. Header and Footer Content
Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility - Metadata, Reading Order, Links
Change tag to artifact
Only tag non-distinct header and footer content
Converting headers and footers from word will automatically create artifacts in a tagged PDF
Document header should only appear at the top of the first page
Document footer should only appear at the bottom of the first or last page
Footnotes that appear at the end of a specific page should continue to be tagged appropriately inline on that page
When converting from MS Word to PDF, headers and footers are automatically tagged as artifacts
When headers and footers appear on all pages of a document, users of assistive technology often mistake the header or footer as part of the page content. This often causes confusion during navigation, especially when prolix headers or footers are used.
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7. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility - Metadata, Reading Order, Links
Page Title
Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility - Metadata, Reading Order, Links
Provide a context sensitive page title
Ensure document title is rendered (not file name)
Document header should only appear at the top of the first page
Document footer should only appear at the bottom of the first or last page
Footnotes that appear at the end of a specific page should continue to be tagged appropriately inline on that page
When converting from MS Word to PDF, headers and footers are automatically tagged as artifacts
When headers and footers appear on all pages of a document, users of assistive technology often mistake the header or footer as part of the page content. This often causes confusion during navigation, especially when prolix headers or footers are used.
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8. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility - Metadata, Reading Order, Links
Tagging Links
Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility - Metadata, Reading Order, Links
Ensure links are tagged structurally as links with a Link OBJR tag
Using the keyboard, press the tab key to ensure focus moves to the link on the page
Press the enter key on the keyboard to verify that the desired action occurs (i.e. the URL opens)
Links must be tagged with Link and Link-OBJR
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9. Metadata, Reading Order, Links
Resources
Adobe InDesign Accessibility FAQ
Adobe InDesign Accessibility
Creating Accessible PDFs from Adobe InDesign – University of Washington
InDesign Accessibility – Accessibility at Penn State
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10. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility - Metadata, Reading Order, Links
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Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility - Metadata, Reading Order, Links
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