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Adding Alternate Text with the TouchUp Reading Order Tool

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28 | Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow Do any of the following: • If a figure isn't tagged as a figure, select the content region you want, and then click Figure or Figure/Caption in the dialog box. • To remove text that was incorrectly combined with a figure, drag to select the text, and click the Text button in the dialog box. To include a caption that is grouped with the figure, select the figure and caption, and click the Figure/ Caption button in the dialog box. Adding Alternate Text with the TouchUp Reading Order Tool If you want screen readers to describe graphical elements that illustrate important concepts in a document, you must provide the description using alternate text. Figures aren't recognized or read by a screen reader unless you add alternate text to the tag properties. If you apply alternate text to text elements, only the description, not the actual text, is read. • Select the TouchUp Reading Order tool. • Select Show Tables And Figures in the dialog box. Figures that are missing Alternate Text will have a flag indicating "Figure - No alternate text exists" (See "Figure 18 Add / Edit Alternate Text with TouchUp Reading Order" on page 28). • Right-click the figure, and choose Edit Alternate Text from the pop-up menu. (See "Figure 18 Add / Edit Alternate Text with TouchUp Reading Order" on page 28) In the Edit Alternate Text dialog box, type a new (or edit an existing) description for the figure, and then click OK (See "Figure 19 TouchUp Reading Order Alternate Text Dialog" on page 29) Figure 18 Add / Edit Alternate Text with TouchUp Reading Order PDF Accessible Repair with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro

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Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow
PDF Accessible Repair with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
28 |
Do any of the following:
•
If a figure isn’t tagged as a figure, select the content region you want, and then click Figure or
Figure/Caption in the dialog box.
•
To remove text that was incorrectly combined with a figure, drag to select the text, and click the
Text button in the dialog box.
To include a caption that is grouped with the figure, select the figure and caption, and click the Figure/
Caption button in the dialog box.
Adding Alternate Text with the TouchUp Reading Order Tool
If you want screen readers to describe graphical elements that illustrate important concepts in a document,
you must provide the description using alternate text. Figures aren’t recognized or read by a screen reader
unless you add alternate text to the tag properties. If you apply alternate text to text elements, only the
description, not the actual text, is read.
•
Select the TouchUp Reading Order tool.
•
Select Show Tables And Figures in the dialog box. Figures that are missing Alternate Text will have
a flag indicating “Figure - No alternate text exists”
(See “Figure 18 Add / Edit Alternate Text with
TouchUp Reading Order” on page 28)
.
•
Right-click the figure, and choose Edit Alternate Text from the pop-up menu.
(See “Figure 18 Add
/ Edit Alternate Text with TouchUp Reading Order” on page 28)
In the Edit Alternate Text dialog box, type a new (or edit an existing) description for the figure, and then
click OK
(See “Figure 19 TouchUp Reading Order Alternate Text Dialog” on page 29)
Figure
18 Add / Edit Alternate Text with TouchUp Reading Order