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ADOBE ACROBAT 7.0 31 Section 5: Converting scans to accessible Adobe PDF content For instructions on converting files to PDF, applying OCR, and checking for OCR suspects, see "Creating Adobe PDF documents from paper documents" in Acrobat 7.0 Help. Note: If your enterprise has a large number of already-scanned files that have not yet been converted to PDF, consider purchasing Adobe Acrobat Capture 3.0 and the Tag Adobe PDF Agent, so you can process them all at once into searchable, tagged PDF documents. See www.adobe.com/products/acrobat for more information. Finishing the Adobe PDF document for accessibility Remember that converting an Adobe PDF scan to accessible text and graphics is only part of the PDF accessibility workflow. You should also perform the following steps in Acrobat Professional to ensure the accessibility of the PDF document: 1 Check the PDF document for form fields, and add fillable, accessible form fields, if necessary. See "Section 8: Making Adobe PDF forms accessible" on page 39. 2 Tag the PDF document for accessibility (if it is not already tagged). See "Section 9: Adding tags to Adobe PDF documents" on page 48. 3 Perform an accessibility Full Check and verify that the fonts in the document are accessible. See "Section 10: Evalu- ating Adobe PDF documents for accessibility problems" on page 52. 4 Use the TouchUp Reading Order tool to fix reading order and other problems. See "Section 11: Repairing reading order and basic tagging problems" on page 59. 5 Add other features to optimize the PDF document for accessibility. See "Section 12: Adding other accessibility features" on page 85. 6 Edit the tag tree to repair complex problems. See "Section 13: Fixing advanced accessibility problems" on page 92.

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ADOBE ACROBAT 7.0
Section 5: Converting scans to accessible Adobe PDF content
For instructions on converting files to PDF, applying OCR, and checking for OCR suspects, see “Creating Adobe PDF
documents from paper documents” in Acrobat 7.0 Help.
Note:
If your enterprise has a large number of already-scanned files that have not yet been converted to PDF, consider
purchasing Adobe Acrobat Capture 3.0 and the Tag Adobe PDF Agent, so you can process them all at once into searchable,
tagged PDF documents. See
www.adobe.com/products/acrobat
for more information.
Finishing the Adobe PDF document for accessibility
Remember that converting an Adobe PDF scan to accessible text and graphics is only part of the PDF accessibility
workflow. You should also perform the following steps in Acrobat Professional to ensure the accessibility of the PDF
document:
1
Check the PDF document for form fields, and add fillable, accessible form fields, if necessary. See “Section 8:
Making Adobe PDF forms accessible” on page 39.
2
Tag the PDF document for accessibility (if it is not already tagged). See “Section 9: Adding tags to Adobe PDF
documents” on page 48.
3
Perform an accessibility Full Check and verify that the fonts in the document are accessible. See “Section 10: Evalu-
ating Adobe PDF documents for accessibility problems” on page 52.
4
Use the TouchUp Reading Order tool to fix reading order and other problems. See “Section 11: Repairing reading
order and basic tagging problems” on page 59.
5
Add other features to optimize the PDF document for accessibility. See “Section 12: Adding other accessibility
features” on page 85.
6
Edit the tag tree to repair complex problems. See “Section 13: Fixing advanced accessibility problems” on page 92.