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ADOBE ACROBAT 7.0 58 Section 10: Evaluating Adobe PDF documents for accessibility problems • Open the PDF document while using a screen reader, if you have one. Use this method to listen to the reading order of the document. Adobe Reader also supports screen readers. • (Acrobat Professional only) Use the TouchUp Reading Order tool. Use this tool to view the reading order as numbered overlays on a page, as well as to repair reading order problems. See "Section 11: Repairing reading order and basic tagging problems" on page 59. • (Acrobat Professional only) Skim through the Tags tab in the navigation pane. Use this technique to highlight each element on a page in the order in which a screen reader receives it. (In the Tags tab, choose Options > Highlight Content, and then expand all the tags by pressing Ctrl [Windows] or Option [Mac OS] as you click the plus sign [+] of the topmost tag. Use the Up and Down Arrow keys to select tags and view their corresponding content on the page.) Note: If you have been editing the PDF document, you must save the document before you can use the first four options above. Finishing the Adobe PDF document for accessibility Remember that checking the extent of accessibility in a document is only one part of the Adobe PDF accessibility workflow. You should also perform the following steps in Acrobat Professional to ensure the accessibility of the PDF document: 1 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. 2 Add other features to optimize the PDF document for accessibility. See "Section 12: Adding other accessibility features" on page 85. 3 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 10: Evaluating Adobe PDF documents for accessibility problems
•
Open the PDF document while using a screen reader, if you have one.
Use this method to listen to the reading
order of the document. Adobe Reader also supports screen readers.
•
(Acrobat Professional only) Use the TouchUp Reading Order tool.
Use this tool to view the reading order as
numbered overlays on a page, as well as to repair reading order problems. See “Section 11: Repairing reading order
and basic tagging problems” on page 59.
•
(Acrobat Professional only) Skim through the Tags tab in the navigation pane.
Use this technique to highlight
each element on a page in the order in which a screen reader receives it. (In the Tags tab, choose Options >
Highlight Content, and then expand all the tags by pressing Ctrl [Windows] or Option [Mac OS] as you click the
plus sign [+] of the topmost tag. Use the Up and Down Arrow keys to select tags and view their corresponding
content on the page.)
Note:
If you have been editing the PDF document, you must save the document before you can use the first four options
above.
Finishing the Adobe PDF document for accessibility
Remember that checking the extent of accessibility in a document is only one part of the Adobe PDF accessibility
workflow. You should also perform the following steps in Acrobat Professional to ensure the accessibility of the PDF
document:
1
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.
2
Add other features to optimize the PDF document for accessibility. See “Section 12: Adding other accessibility
features” on page 85.
3
Edit the tag tree to repair complex problems. See “Section 13: Fixing advanced accessibility problems” on page 92.