Add Tags to an Untagged Document-2

 

Tags can be added to untagged documents

 

Using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, there are several ways to do this:

  • Add Tags from the Make Accessible Action Wizard
  • Add Tags from the Accessibility Checker results
  • Add Tags Manually via the Tags panel

Add tags from the Make Accessible Action Wizard 

  1. Open the Make Accessible Wizard.
  2. Activate the Autotag Document command to add tags to the document.
  3. Verify the tags in the Tags panel.

 

The Make Accessible Wizard with Autotag Document Command
 

Add tags from the Accessibility Checker Results 

When the document is not tagged at all, “Tagged PDF” will be listed as “failed” under the Document tree item. To add tags to the document:

  1. Right-click or press the applications key (Windows) on the Tagged PDF—Failed tree item.
  2. Choose Fix.
  3. Verify tags have now been added to the document in the Tag panel. The “Tagged  PDF” item will be listed as “passed” under the Document tree.

When the document is tagged, but specific content is still missing tags:

  1. Select New Tag from the Object tool in the Tag panel.
  2. Select the type of tag from the New Tag dialog and select OK.
  3. Move the new tag to the location in the Tag tree where the content is missing.
  4. Highlight the missing object in the document pane.
  5. Right-click on the new tag in the tree structure
  6. Choose Create Tag from Selection:
Create Tag from Selection Context Menu Item
Figure 22. Create Tag from Selection context menu item

Note: It is useful to check the “highlight content” context menu item, shown in the image above. This option will highlight the corresponding item from the tag tree in the document pane with a blue rectangle.

Add tags manually via the Tags Panel

With the Tags panel open, select Add Tags to Document from the Options button, or with the Accessibility panel open in the Tools pane, select the “Add Tags to Document” command:

 

Adding Tags to an Untagged PDF File
 

The Recognition Results Report for adding tags

 

If Acrobat encounters potential problems while adding tags to the document, the Add Tags Report opens in the navigation pane. The report lists potential problems by page, provides a navigational link to each problem, and offers suggestions for fixing them. This is similar to the Accessibility Checker Report that is produced when an accessibility full check is run, as described in Step 9: Use the Accessibility Checker to Evaluate the PDF File Links to an external site..

Remember that the automatically generated Recognition Results report requires human intervention to determine the best solution. For example, the report might state that an element has been tagged as a figure and requires alternate text to make it accessible. However, that figure may be a background design element that doesn’t convey any meaning to the user.