Have the Original Word Doc of Your Inaccessible PDF?
This is great news!
It's much easier to remediate a Word Doc for accessibility. Simply apply accessibility principles to the Word Doc, save as PDF then export to Adobe Acrobat DC.
MS Word allows you to preserve the accessibility information as markup tags in the code of the document. If the following tutorial looks a bit different from the Word Version you have, visit Microsoft's Save or Convert PDF Links to an external site. to find specific version support.
Preserving accessibility tags
Save all the accessibility work you've applied on your Word doc. Follow these steps:
Step 1
Use the Acrobat plug-in. Select Acrobat tab.
Step 2
To ensure that the PDF will retain the accessibility tags you've applied to the document, select Preferences.
Step 3
Ensure the checkbox, Enable Accessibility and Reflow with Tagged Adobe PDF, is checked. Note that this checkbox may already be checked; however, it's always good to double-check!
Step 4
Select OK. Finally, select Create PDF. Proceed to save as a PDF.
Next Step
Proceed to Step 6: Run the Accessibility Checker.