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PDF Accessibility

Section 508 PDF Accessibility

What is a PDF?

Learn about the elements of a PDF and PDF tag types, where you can download the Accessibility PDF Checklist, how to convert documents to PDF, and how to test a PDF for accessibility.

 

 

 

What is a PDF? (Video)

Testing a PDF for Accessibility

Discover how to set up a document’s properties, evaluate the accessibility of a document’s content, and how to use Acrobat’s Accessibility Full Check tool.

 

 

 

Testing a PDF for Accessibility (Video)

Remediating PDFs for Accessibility

Learn how to fix a PDF document’s properties, add and adjust tags, adjust the reading and tab order, add alternative text to images and objects, and set the document’s language properties.

 

 

Remediating PDFs for Accessibility (Video)

Converting Scanned Documents into Section 508 Conformant PDFs

Learn about the techniques used by advanced users to identify and correct text from scanned pages and signed memorandums as conformance PDFs.

 

Converting Scanned Documents into Section 508 Conformant PDFs (Video)