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  1. *Introduction
  2. *Files You Need
  3. *Adobe PDF Tools
  4. *Improve PDF Access
  5. *Structure & Read Order
  6. *Alternative Text
  7. *Forms
  8. *Testing Accessibility
    1. * Lab: Test Accessibility
  9. *Publish to Blackboard
  10. *Publish to WebCT
  11. *Resources

Lab: Testing PDF for Accessibility

Objective:

In this lab, you will learn:

Pre-requisites:

A basic working knowledge of Acrobat.

Time to Complete:

15 minutes

Files:

Lab4.pdf (PDF File, 88 KB )

Version Information:

Acrobat 9.0

Getting started

When you get to the point of testing, you are assuming:

You can use the Accessibility Checker to examine your work, and point out potential accessibility issues.

To run the Accessibility Checker on a PDF file:


Description of Image 33: Accessibility Checker Dialog box



Description of Image 34: Inaccessible element found when running Accessibility Checker

  1. Open Lab4.pdf. Select 'Advanced' from the menu. Then choose 'Accessibility', then 'Full Check...' This opens the 'Accessibility Checker' dialog box (see Image 33).
  2. Select 'Create Accessibility Report'.
  3. Select the 'Create Comments in Document' checkbox if you want to see the accessibility issues identified with comments in the document so that the problems appear in context.
  4. Specify the pages you want included in the accessibility check.
  5. Select any of the 'Checking Options' you want to check.
  6. Click 'Start Checking'.
  7. When the Accessibility Checker is run, any inaccessible element is found, a dialog box appears to highlight the object in question (see Image 34).

Fixing the Problem

Read the generated report

Acrobat 9.0 will automatically generate an accessibility report for you that tells you how to go about fixing the inaccessible elements in your PDF file.

To select the object in questionand add alternative text:

  1. In the Tags panel, select the element containing the image.
  2. Choose Options, Properties, then click on the Tag tab. This brings up the Tags window (see Image 35)

    Description of Image 35: Tags Window

  3. Then fill in the Alternate Text field.
  4. You can now add alternative text the same way you did in Lab: Alternative Text.
To remove the comments that were inserted:
  1. Make sure the hand tool is selected
  2. Right click on the comment.
  3. Choose 'delete comment'.
Note: It is recommended that you remove the comments, then run the accessibility checker again to make certain nothing was missed.

The next page will present information on publishing PDF to the course management system, Blackboard.

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