This document is provided for information purposes only and is neither a recommendation nor a guarantee of results.

It is recommended that you save your PDF document before and after you make significant changes.

Tasks completed in Technique 3, Technique 4, and Technique 5 cannot be undone.

The application-specific steps and screenshots in this document were created using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro (ver.9.0.0, Windows 7, Jan.

In cases where more certainty is required, it is recommended that you test the office documents with end users with disabilities, including screen reader users.

Following these techniques will increase the accessibility of your documents, but it does not guarantee accessibility to any specific disability groups.

*Drag: Unfortunately, there is no keyboard alternative for several operations that require dragging.

*Right-click: To right-click with the keyboard, select the object using the Shift+Arrow keys and then press either (1) the “Right-Click” key (some keyboard have this to the right of the spacebar) or (2) Shift+F10.

Below are the mouse-only terms and their keyboard alternatives: However, for clarity there are several instances where mouse-only language is used. We have tried to write these techniques so that they are useful to all authors, regardless of whether they use a mouse.

Several other word processor and web format saving options are also offered, but these have not been checked for accessibility. The default file format for Acrobat 9 Pro is Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). The WCAG working group has provided PDF Techniques for WCAG 2.0. Note: If you are creating forms, web pages, applications, or other dynamic and/or interactive content, these you should also consult the W3C-WAI Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0).

Typical of office-style workflows (Reports, letters, memos, budgets, presentations, etc.).

without hyperlinks to other documents, unlike web content), and and do not include audio, video, or embedded interactivity), where dynamic features are limited to automatic page numbering, table of contents, etc. not simply images, although they may contain images), These techniques can help you to use Acrobat 9 Pro to create documents that are: We recommend considering HTML instead of or in addition to PDF where appropriate. screen readers) is not as widespread as for HTML documents. Note: While PDF accessibility has improved over the years, accessibility support for PDF by authoring tools, viewers and assistive technologies (e.g.

Acrobat 9 Pro includes an accessibility checking feature. Set a Logical Reading OrderĪt the time of testing (January 19, 2011), Acrobat 9 Pro (Windows) enables the production of accessible digital office documents.

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