Accessibility Checker - Location & Tutorial-2

 

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Watch It: Where is the Accessibility Checker in PDF?

 
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Where is the Accessibility Checker? 

When Adobe Acrobat DC is opened for the first time, the Accessibility Checker will not appear in the Tools Pane on the right. Watch this video to learn how to initially locate and run it, along with optionally saving the Accessibility Report.

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Watch the video below to learn where the Accessibility Checker is located in PDF and how to create the Make Accessible Wizard for a PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. 

 

Read It: Where is the Accessibility Checker?

 

Accessibility Checker (Full Check)

Use the Accessibility Full Check command to perform a thorough check for many characteristics of accessible PDFs, such as the use of alternative text on images, the presence of tags, document language, and fonts that can be mapped reliably to Unicode text.

It is possible to choose which kinds of accessibility issues to look for in Full Check by using the Accessibility Checker Options . There are also options to view and save the results.

To Find the Tools Menu:

Go to View menu > Activate Tools menu > Select Accessibility.

The Accessibility Tools will appear on the right-hand side of the Acrobat Pro interface.

Accessibility Tools is found under "Tools" tab.

To run the Accessibility Full Check, perform the following steps:

Step 1

Start by selecting Accessibility Tools. 

Accessibility icon highlighted
Figure 1. Accessibility Tools

Step 2

Select the Full Check command from the Accessibility Tools panel (refer to “Figure 2. Accessibility Full Check Command”)  to open the Accessibility Checker Options dialog  (refer to “Figure 3. Accessibility Checker Option Dialog”), select the Report Options to save the results as an HTML file or attach the report to the document. 

Select Full Check
Figure 2. Accessibility Full Check Command 
 
Accessibility Checker options dialog box
Figure 3. Accessibility Checker Option Dialog

Step 3

Use the default “All Pages” to check all pages or select a page range to check individual sections of a document.

Step 4

Select a Category to modify the accessibility Checking Options; options include either Document, Page Content, Forms, Tables and Lists, or Alternate Text and Headings. By default, everything is checked.

Step 5

Select the Start Checking button to begin the full check.