All of the content is enclosed in numbered boxes.

When selected, the view on the screen changes.

If the Accessibility option is not listed, use the Options button to check Accessibility on the menu.

Then select Accessibility > TouchUp Reading Order.

From the right-hand menu, select Tools.

The TouchUp Reading Order tool allows a user to quickly add and edit PDF tags and view the reading order of elements on the page. Right click errors and warnings and select Fix to address the issues, Skip Rule if the issue has been addressed, and Explain to read online help.

Run Accessibility Full Check - This checker will show additional issues.

Use the arrows to move between images and check Decorative figure if the image should be ignored by a screen reader. You will need to check the quality of these tags later on.Ī window will appear that allows you to add alternative text. If your document does not have tags they will be added during this step.

Add Tags to Document - PDF “tags” provide accessibility information to screen readers.

Set Tab Order Property - Runs automatically.

Detect Form Fields - Only necessary if your page contains fillable forms.

If no results are found, it needs to be converted to text. If you are not sure if your PDF is true text, one easy test is to search for a word that you know occurs in the document.

Recognize Text using OCR - If your PDF is not true text, it will be converted into true text during this step.

Add Document Description - Enter a descriptive page Title.

Select Tools from the upper right corner, then select Action Wizard > Make Accessible from the sidebar. This resource is designed to be printed as a one page PDF file.

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